Juliet Hammer has done her seventh 8A, Testify at Lilly Boulders. "Testify was a dream project for me: the challenging tension style, perfect difficulty, and workable solo. It took me 4 sessions in total. I’m psyched to keep pushing my limits!" (c) Nathalie Dupre

What is your climbing background?
I started as a youth competition climber when I was 10 years old. After a couple year break, I started climbing outside in college and have focused on outdoor climbing ever since.

What is next?
I moved to Chattanooga, TN less than a year ago so I’m excited to keep exploring the climbing here in the South. There are lots of areas I still haven’t been to and would like to keep trying new boulders.

Elias Iagnemma, who already in 2022 has done two 8C's, has made the FA of Ganesh 8C+ in Tintorale. He found it in May and projected it for some 12-15 sessions. Currently, there exist some 20 boulders graded 8C+ or 9A in the world, including Gioia which was his hardest prior to this FA. More info on his Insta.

In 2018 he won the Italian Bouldering Championship and he has also tried some World Cups. Then he took a break from competitions, partly due to some injuries, and only focused on outdoors. In 2022, he possibly will start doing some World Cups again.

Gianluca Vighetti, who last year became the first 12-year-old to have done a 9a, has done Siamo già arrabbiati (8A+)
in Novalesa - Apecar. It was originally considered 8B, video, but Gianluca thinks it is more 8A/+.

"Last Sunday I went to Novalesa to try the low start of Altrimenti ci arrabbiamo, called Siamo già arrabbiati 8a/+, and I did it on my first go but I already knew the upper part. This boulder is pretty my style because it is very technical, with a lot of heel locks and different betas."

What are your plan and ambition for 2022?
I will focus more on competitions. I'd like to take part in the Youth World Championship in the USA and in the European Youth Cup in boulder and lead. On the rock, my goals for 2022 are 9a+ and 8b onsight in lead and 8B and 7C flash in boulder. (c) Nicolò Conterno

Elias Iagnemma has done Der mit dem Fels tanzt (8C) in Chironico. Including also Ninja Skills sit-start (8C) in Sobrio, which he did three weeks ago, the 26-year-old has now done ten boulders 8C and harder the last two years. Here is a new video including seven 8A+ to 8B+ from last summer. (c) Stefania Colomba

You write on Insta that you rested 90 min before trying again?
I rested so long because I fell off the slab..I had to recover😅. Both physically and mentally 🤯 I needed some time to find the right physical and mental stimulus after I fell when the bouldering was practically done. I wanted to get back completely in perfect condition so as not to fail an other attempt at the exit.

What is next?
My next project is a boulder that I discovered and cleaned near my house. It is a breathtaking line, and as regards the grade it could be around 8C+.

Katie Lamb has done in Buttermilks. "Right hand to the boiter, all incuts at the top feeling like a hero." In the 8a ranking game, she is #1.

Three weeks ago, the 23-year-old did her third 8B+, also in Buttermilks. "It climbs right out the bubble bulge on Grandma... long and crimpy. I caught a day warm enough to not numb out on the top. Winter has come." (c) Keenan Takahashi

Brooke Raboutou, who was #5 in the Olympics, reports on Insta that she on her "last days best days" has done Iur (8B+) in Cresciano and Heritage 8B in Val Bavona. (c) Finn Stack

The 20-year-old did her first 8A over ten years ago and just the last two years she has done more than 40 up to 8B+. Her older brother Shawn has also been one of the best boulderers out there for several years. Their mother is Robin Erbesfield, one of the very best female climbers in the 90's who for several years has run ABC Kids Climbing where she has coached; Emily Harrington, Margo Hayes, Colin Duffy and Natalia Grossman. Their father is Didier Raboutou who also was one of the leading climbers during the 90'ies.