Frankenjura.com reports that Alex Megos has done Matador 9a (8c+) in two hours just like he did with Action Directe 9a last week. Matador was put up by Markus Bock in 2007 and Adam Ondra did the first repeat when he was 15 years old in 2008, commenting, "In my opinion more 8c+ than 9a, but others should feel free to say more about grade.

Piotr Schab has done Battle Cat and Infinity, both 8c+ in Frankenjura. During the last year, only nine 8c+ have been recorded in Frankenjura. The 17 year old has done eleven 8c+ and harder including Era Vella 9a when he was 15 years old.

Matteo Menardi has done his second 8c, Phlogiston in Geierwand which is located on 1 800 m altitude up in the Dolomites with a breathtaking panorama. "I tried this route in september, and today i've closed it in three tries. The route is amazing, my ascent is the third and the route has been first ascended by Hannes Pfeifhofer."

Nalle Hukkatival reports on Facebook, "Last day, best day! Managed to squeeze in a last minute send of Klem Loskot's Emotional Landscapes 8C!! If there's one thing I learned this trip, it's that everything doesn't have to be perfect and good things happen when you least expect it! Sometimes you get a crazy head-cold, sleep for 17 hours and send your project on the last day. What a good ending to a great trip! Onto the next one!" Emotional Landscape was set up in 2002 as an 8B+ but it is a contender for being the first 8C in the world based on Nalle's upgrade. It has previously only been repeated by Martin Moser in 2004. It also has a 8A+ stand start which has been repeated several times. In 2005, Nalle was #5 in the World Championships and in 2007 he got the silver in the Euro Championships and two years later he retired from the competition scene. Based on his recent tick list, he is surely Top-3 in the world together with Daniel Woods and James Webb.

Paul Robinson has done two 8B+ FA in Secret garden, CO, Strangers from within and Bossin up. In total Paul has put up 15 boulders 8B+ and 8C. " I was first shown the lines by Dave Graham and Chad Greedy who had sort of rediscovered the area in the past few months. The granite in the area is incredible and I quickly got motivated to try some of the projects in the area! There were so many to choose from that it was difficult to decide which one to try first. Both are amazing lines and ones I hope will see some repeats soon. More great pictures on his blog where he also says that next is SA. (c) Chelsea Rude

Evgeniya Malamid has done two 8c's; Fabelita (video) in Santa Linya and T1 Full Equip in Oliana. Last year she onsighted Los Humildes på casa, 8b+ in Oliana. The Russian has been a successful competition climber since 2001 and the last two years, she has made it to the WC finals Top-8, eight times, i.e. 50 % of the competitions. (c) Heiko Willhelm

Patxi Usobiaga reports on instagram that Adam Ondra has onsighted Il Domani 9a in Baltzola. The Czech has previously onsighted two 9a's out of which one, the first in the world, he down graded. He has also previously onsighted 15 8c+, not including a handful he has given a personal 8c grade including Asfixia Mental which he also did this weekend. Il Domani was set up 2003 by Patxi Usobiaga, who did the first 8c+ onsight and who has won several World Cups, says, "The most impresive climbing I have ever seen!" Adam comments, "Been waiting for this for such long time, saving for an onsight. Almost tried last year in less than ideal conditions, but the decision I made was good. Today everything was perfect, awesome teps and well rested, and that was just enough to send this beautiful route. Sooo happy. My hardest onsight ever 4sure." In two weeks, Adam will compete in the Innsbruck Boulder World Cup and later he will do all Lead World Cups.

Samuel Hammer who did his first 8A+ when he was 14 years old in 2012, has done his first 8B, One Up in Espoo. Last year he did his first 8c+ route so her is another Finnish youngster to look out for in the future.