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Keenan Takahashi did the FA of Ego Death (8C) last September a couple of months after he did his first 8C+. "Immediately upon walking up to it, I knew it was something special if it was possible. It’s the sort of thing I’ve dreamed of since I started climbing, steep compression, at my limit, decentl…

Chris Zehani who did his first 8a in 1995, and now has done 1 700 up to 9a, has done the FA of Love long Distance 8c+ in Cevennes. It is a 35m long and 80 moves link up bolted by Jean-Marc Oberli. Chris has previously put up like 20 routes 8c+ and harder.

Ramon Julian has made the FA of Bi Herri, Borroka Bat 9a in La Cova de'locell which is his 35th 9a and harder, out of which 11 FA, since 2002. During the last year, he has done seven 9a's and two 9a+' making it his best year ever for the 33 year old. The 159 cm Spaniard has been the best Lead Competition climber in the world during the last ten years.

Nalle Hukkataival has done Gioia 8C (+)

Nalle Hukkataival has done the third ascent of Christian Core's Gioia 8C in Varazze from 2008 which later Adam Ondra has suggested 8C+ for in 2011. If Nalle also goes for 8C+ it will be the hardest repeated boulder in the world. Core has said it might be 8C+ as some guys have speculated but he did choose to put a hard grade in order to avoid the risk of down grading. Nalle has been of the leading boulderer in the world for ten years and in 2007 he was #2 in the European Championship. Since 2009, he has not done any WC's but set up several Amazing FAs up to 8C. What does this mean to you and what is next? "Gioia was definitely a big milestone in my climbing! Happy everything came together with conditions, skin and everything and I got to finish it! I think we're moving on to Switzerland tomorrow and Font in a couple weeks.Scott Noy

8A+ by Katharina Posch (19)

Katharina Posch has done her first 8A+, Diaphanous sea in Hueco Tanks. "I tried it for 2 days and it was all about one far move into a jug." Katharina is part of the Austrian competition story and she has eleven Euro youth cup victories and in 2011, she was #5 in the world championship being only 17 years old. In 2014, she will do all Lead WC's and the boulder event in Innsbruck.