Lucifer 8c+ by Kai Ligthner (14)

Rock & Ice reports that Kai Ligthner has done Lucifer 8c+ in Red River Gorge. The amazing thing is that Kai says that he only trains wednesday night after driving 120 km one way after school and that he very seldom climbs outdoors. The 14 year old has anyhow, done several 8b+ and the picture is from last year when he did Southern Smoke 8c (+).

QA with Charles Albert

Charles Albert stopped using climbing shoes at age 16 and four years later, in 2016, he did the FA of La Révolutionnaire (8C+). Charles has now completed a doze…

Ethan Pringle is probably most known for having done the first repeat of Chris Sharma's Jumbo Love (9b) back in 2016. In total, the silver medalist in Youth Worlds in 2000, when he also did his first 8b+, has sent more than a dozen 9a's and beyond.

Old-school 8c by Stefano Carnati (15)

Stefano Carnati has made the probably fourth ascent of Spirit Walker 8c in Sasso Remenno which was put up in 1991. Last year Stefano won both the Europe and the World Youth Lead Championships. In the European Bouldering Championship he was #2 and he won the three Euro Bouldering Cups. Stefano has previously this year done his first 8c+ and onsighted two 8a+. The picture is from last year.

hugo parmentier who was #2 in the Youth World Champions last year has done his first 8c, Bébéretcho in La Verriere and it was done on his second go. The last few days, the 15 year old also did two 8b's and one 8b+. Not bad for having 8a+ as a personal best before.

9a by Loic Timmermans (19) in Santa Linya

loic Timmermans has done his first 9a, Fabela pa la enmienda in Santa Linya. It is some 50 m and 120 moves long and took him one hour to send even if there is no no-hands. "There is this *** last crux just before the anchor. I've never screamed in a route but at this one very last move right before the anchor, I just gave everything I had left in my body." (c) Patti Schockaert

James Webb continous his Swizz rampage by doing quick work of Chris Sharma's Practice of the Wild 8C in Magic Wood. "Tried for like 15 min last year. Was just barely dry today. Had to get on it because you never know when its just going to get soaking wet.. Amazing line from Chris." Yesterday, James did another originally 8C, Entlinge giving it a personal grade of 8B. In total, he has done 16 boulders 8B and harder during the last month. Checking his trend diagram, we can see that James has had ten years of straight progress and in fact no other boulderer, have ever made such an impressive one month tick list if we also include 11 flashes 8A and harder.