Jakob Schubert, one of the best climbers of the last five years, both on rock and in comps, reports on Facebook that he has made the FA of Companion of Change 9a in Zillertal. Last weekend he was #3 in Kranj as well as in the 2015 overall ranking. (c) Elias Holzknecht "The route was bolted by Markus Schwaiger then rebolted + cleaned by Gerhard Hörhager, two of the most important pioneers of Tyrol! I tried this route for the first time many years ago and came back every once in a while, a lot has changed since I first saw this route, in my life but also in climbing and on this planet in general. That's why I'm giving it the name 'Companion of Change'. I'm not 100% sure about my plans yet, I'm really spontaneous right now, done with university since May, so I can put all my time into climbing. Planing to focus on Lead next year and less bouldering so I can focus on rockclimbing a lot longer. Probably climbing mostly outside until May. On Saturday I will go to Croatia for a week, mid December Spain and Hueco in February."

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Edu Marin reports on Instagram that he has done Chilam Balam 9a+ (b). This summer he was focused on multi-pitches with his father who also belayed him on Chilam Balam. This was the fourth repeat of Barnabe Fernandez's 80 meters long endurance monster, which originally was given a 9b+. Edu has previously done 8 routes 9a or 9a+ and in 2006 he won the World Cup in Chamonix.

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Stefano Carnati, Euro Youth Champion and #2 in the World Championship 2015, has done his first 9a, Coup de Grace in Sonlerto. It was put up by David Graham in 2005 as a 9a+ and repeated by Gabri Moroni, who gave it a personal grade of 9a. "I tried this route for the first time about one year ago and soon realized it was too hard for my level. This year I came back really motivated to try it again and after some tries I managed to figure out the moves, but linking them seemed impossible! Last week, my father drove me to Sonlerto. Conditions were good and I felt quite well. After a good attempt, on my third go I set on send-mode, climbed the first part quickly, took a long rest before the roof and went through the last section until the final jug! I tried to calm down a bit and then climbed the final slab to the top of this big boulder! Coup de Grace was done!!!!"

Alex Megos reports on Facebook that he has done yet another 9a FA in Frankenjura, Space Lap. (c) Daniela Ebler "Might have been the last really good day in the Frankenjura?! And I made the best of it! Not only that the climbing legend Jerry Moffatt was with us at the crag but also did he cheer me on while doing the FA of another 9a in the Frankenjura! It was a project of Philipp Warda who belayed me during the send. I called it "Space Lap"!