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Thursday, 6 October
8b+ by Monique Forestier (38)
Monique Forestier has done Tom et je ris 8b+ in Verdon which is a 60m tufa route. Prior to having a baby three years ago, she did four 8b+ in Blue Mountains. R…
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Wednesday, 5 October
Two 8a's onsights by Matilda Söderlund (19)
Matilda Söderlund has onsighted her first two 8a's, Rita del belvedere and Calabruix also graded 8a+ in Montgrony. The last weeks in Spain she has also onsigthe…
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Wednesday, 5 October
8c by Conny Matthes
Conny Matthes has done her first 8c, Powerplay, in Frankenjura. "Long and hard work did it in spite of finger injury." Conny has previously done two 8b+'s and …
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Wednesday, 5 October
Favresse & Pustelnik, first repeats of Orbayu, 8b+/c
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Wednesday, 5 October
Thiago Balen manda 10a à vista e 10b na Espanha
Thiago Balen encadenou, nos últimos dias, as vias Amor i Vida e Babel 46, ambas 10b em Montgrony, Espanha. Mandou ainda a via Aromes de Montgrony, 10a, à vista e comenta: "simplesmente uma chorrera incrível, totalmente fotogênica. Colocando cintas uma luta a muerte...".
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Wednesday, 5 October
Anthony Gullsten on The Globalist, 8B+, Sipoo
Anthony Gullsten on The Globalist, 8B+, Sipoo
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Wednesday, 5 October
8B+/C by Dai Koyamada
UKC reports that Dai Koyamada has opened another 8B+/C, Daedalus direct in Sustenpass.
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Tuesday, 4 October
Numerical 8a world wide topos
We have started working with numerical "left to right" topos based on the 8a data base. We just need volunteers to fill in numbers based on topos and crag tick lists, and then the routes can be listed from left to right. The goal is to also create an App that will make it possible to easily identif…
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Tuesday, 4 October
8c+FA by Jonathan Siegrist
Jonathan Siegrist blogs about his FA Shadowboxing, 8c+ in Rifle which was bolted long time ago by Nico Favresse. "It's the big boys version of 'Living in Fear' - no knee-pads, no valuable resting and a complete pallet of stylistic challenges."
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3 China WC's cancelled
IFSC informs that following the decision, and in accordance with the Chinese Mountaineering Association, there will be no World Cups in China in 2020. When it comes to the Asia Olympic qualification, no decision has been made.Further more IFSC report that they have received financial support "from t…
Portable air condition might be the future
As can be seen in many videos, portable ventilators are getting popular in the hardcore bouldering community. They cost around 50 Euros and can often blow wind for several hours. The best use them especially during warm conditions to dry up the skin and increase the friction. The next step could be …
Sport and Alpine Climbing in the Wilder Kaiser Region
Advertorial: With its countless peaks and varied rock formations incl. towers, chimneys, ridges and smooth, steep rock faces, the Wilder Kaiser mountain range i…