Amalie Kรคgi wins gold in Arco
Amalie Kรคgi, who flashed all five problems in the qualification round, won gold in the girls' U-17 boulder event. With her fifth-place finish in Lead as well, tโ€ฆ
Kazuki Nakata gets the double in Arco
Team Japan got another gold at the Youth World Championships in Arco when Kazuki Nakata won the U-17 in Boulder, his second gold after also winning in Lead. In โ€ฆ
8a+ OS in Frankenjura by Matilda Sรถderlund
Matilda Sรถderlund has onsighted Amboss in Frankenjura, which might be the second female 8a+ onsight in Frankenjura after the one that Lynn Hill did on the route Simon back in 1992. Her trainer Dicki Korb from Cafe Kraft comments: "It is so nice to see, how Matilda climbs now. I'm very happy with her performance, cause we worked a lot on her climbing speed and her dynamic, and now she climbs so much faster and more efficient, and so I'm very happy for her. It was a perfect onsight, she just did everything right." As a matter of fact, it was just a spontaneous onsight and as it was mostly pockets, she mainly read the route on the go. In 2006, when Matilda was #6 in he world Championships, and before all her injuries, she onsighted three 8b's and flashed two 8b+'s.

Que loco...muy loco. #OKVIRAL

Posted by FM Okey on Sunday, November 1, 2015

Two 8B+'s by Christof Rauch
Christof Rauch, who has done 98 boulders 8A and harder in the last year (probably most in the world), has done two more 8B+'s in Magic Wood: Ill Thrill and The Never Ending Story, "Maybe the problem which took me the most time! Fell much more than 50 times on the first move of the second part. Once I got that first move I did it. Superhappy now!!! Amazing line and awesome moves, no more words needed!" Is there anybody else who has done more than 100 boulders 8A and harder in one year? It should be mentioned that the Austrian often gives personal grades. In 2014, James Webb did 146 boulders 8A and harder which probably is All time high.