Katie Lamb has been the leader of the 8a boulder ranking for almost two years. Even so, the 24-year-old has been pretty much under the radar with only 41 posts on Insta. In the portrait video, she does Book Club (8B+), which was her fifth 8B+, all of them done in the last 18 months.

Colin Duffy, #3 8a Competition Climber in 2022, has the last week done one 8B, Breeding Puppies (8B+) in Secret Garden and The Phoenix (8B+) in Bear Lake Road. "Stoked to put this thing down in one sesh! Had to find some pretty funky beta due to my size but I'm psyched it all came together."

What is next and what about the 2023 comp season?
I will be going on a trip to Red rocks after Christmas so maybe I will have some good sends there! Once spring rolls around I will be back to the gym preparing for next years’ comps.

The 19-year-old was #7 in the Olympics but without having made a 0.005 seconds false start in Speed, he could have gotten the gold. In 2022, he was #8 overall in Lead and #6 in Boulder after having one event in each discipline.

Zach Wilson has done in Joe's Valley (UT). Video on his Insta. "Pegasus is the perfect boulder for my style. It’s been a dream climb of mine. I first did the stand-start back when I was 16 and then about 5 sessions focused on completing the full line."