Edita Vopatova has done Cringer 8c in Frankenjura. "The best route in Frankenjura!My first 8c..." Edita did her first 8a when she was 13 years old and since then she has had a nice steady progress for eight years. All her personal best after the first 8a she has done in Frankenjura which is by many considered to be rather stiff graded.

The Last Day. Angie Scarth-Johnson (9) crushing Zona 30, 8b in Margalef, Spain. from Muérdago Films on Vimeo.

James Webb has done his seventh 8B flash during the last year, Elephunk in Fontainebleau. "Yes! Been wanting to try this one flash for SO long.. Had surprisingly perfect conditions and Everything just worked so well. Font is the absolute best!!

1. Anna Stöhr (5) - Dima Sharafutdinov (3) 2. Akiyo Noguchi (3) - Jan Hojer (5) 3. Shauna Coxsey (4) - Rustam Gelmanov 1 4. Juliane Wurm (2) - Kilian Fischhuber (2) 5. Mina Markovic (6) - Jeremy Bonder (4) 6. Alex Puccio 1 - Kokora Fujii (6) Anna Stöhr flashed all four problems and so did Shauna Coxsey but as she dabbed the mattress on the last problem she was third after loosing the protest. The result was once again kind of up-side-down from the semifinal and Puccio who won both the qualification and the semi did just manage one problem in the final. Many guys have said that the live streaming was the worst ever. Eddie Fowke has taken the picture of Anna Stöhr and here you have some short comments from him.

Frankenjura.com reports that Alexander Megos, who last year did the first 9a onsight by Estato Critico in Siurana, has done a two hour ascent of Action Directe 9a in Frankenjura. AD was put up in 1991 by Wolfgang Güllich as an 8c+ but is now recognized as the first 9a in the world. It has had some 15 repeats but this is by far the quickest ascent. Megos ascent was the second ascent since 2012. (c) Jorgos Megos

Manon HILY has had some great days in Margalef onsighting two 8a+, Sarganta Killer and Hard Crit as well as redpointed Flash Over 8b+.

Martin Keller blogs about the FA of "Gepresster Hase" at Sustenpass, Switzerland, a possible 8C. Prior to the ascent he had several injuries that caused him to lay off for 8 months. (c) Angela Wagner

Nalle Hukkataival reports on facebook, ""Bügeleisen sit start could be the hardest thing I've climbed and more importantly it is one of the best boulders in the world! Huge respect to Klem Loskot for the original vision!" Klem Loskot suggested 8B+ for the stand start but also 8C has been proposed ad a personal grade. Nalle has not yet suggested a grade for the sit start but he has done several 8C's and also Gioia for which Adam Ondra suggested a personal upgrade to 8C+. Nalle did not give Gioia a grade.

Jule Wurm who was travelling during February and March and did nine 8A and 8A+' won the first World Cup in China after just one month of hard indoor training. Last year she was #5 overall after having won one event? (c) Eddie Fowke What are the major changes you have done in preparation for 2014 compared to previous years, beside bouldering hard outside? I guess I changed a lot of things. I trained in a different gym than before and did a lot of short and hard boulders on a super overhanging wall and also trained once a week or so on the campus board. And it is a big change that I take half a year off from University now to have more time for training, to do all the comps and also some outdoor trips. What is the best thing travelling all over the globe to compete in the World Cup? It´s so cool to get to see many different places and cultures. The day before yesterday we've still been to China and now we're in Azerbaijan! That´s so crazy! And what I like even more is that we hang out with people from many different countries and have fun with them!