Adam Ondra was unsure if he should even compete in Kranj but luckily he did creating the perfect show topping out in great style. Passing his opponents' high point he twice waved to the spectators wanting them to cheer more. (c) Eddie Fowke "I like this event way too much and I just wanted to go here and climb without pressure and it paid off. It felt great and the audience was the best I have ever remembered." 1. Adam Ondra CZE 2. Kai Harada JPN 3. Alberto Gines Lopez ESP Complete results

Three weeks ago, Romain Schieber, did fell in the 30m extension of El ordre dels factors + El super mon in Sant Miquel del Fai, which starts with a 10m 8B boulder traverse followed by a 20m 8c making it a soft 9a. In the end, it took him another six days to the 60 m solid 9a. "After 10 000 hours of hard training, after 5 years dreaming about it every single night, after 75 long minutes fighting on the route, he dream come true and I could do a solid 9a." In his 8a comment he also listed 82 names who had helped me in some way. As it has been a long process you can understand as it took him seven years just to do the starting boulder, two months ago. "The last weeks were very hard actually... after falling so high on a so long route it has been hard to keep calm and positive. It was really a mental game and most of the time these three last weeks I could not fight because of the pressure. The day before sending I fell on the very first hard move. So I decided just to focus on the moment and on enjoying the climbing! That strategy worked perfectly!"

Isabelle Faus, who previoulsy has donethree 8B+', has done her 37th 8A+, Hiding in the shadows in Rocklands. "Hard hard for me.. not sure of the grade... used the crimpy method." In the 8a ranking game she is #1, having done twelve boulders 8A+ to 8B+ during the last 12 months.

Updated results from the qualifications and here a video with the highlights.

Jorge Diaz-Rullo, who this summer has done his first three 9b's, has done his seventh 9a+, Seta ibérica in Cuenca. "Brutal connection! I wanted to do it after a couple of tries quite close! Now for the ones that remain! The 19-year-old is the superior 8a ranking leader. (c) Javi Pec

Toru Nakajima, who previously has done five famous 8C', has free-soloed a route just to the left of the 500 Shomyo waterfalls. Big parts of the route were totally wet and in some sequences, he actually climbed in the waterfall! 8a has a policy to not publish free-solos as we do not want to promote such activities. However, Toru's ascent goes in the same category as Alex Honnold's Freerider.

Moritz Welt, who did his first 9a two years ago, has done his fourth, Styleboys in Frankenjura. "Surprise ascent - 3 more tries after Sever and Sick Boy - perfect endurance linkup. Two days later the 18-year-old did his sixth 8B+, Urlaub fürs Gehirn also in Frankenjura. "Second ascent. Fabi's Masterpiece!" In the Combined ranking game, the young German is #2. The picture by Lars Decker is from a project Moritz has been working on for three weeks. It is an old Frankenjura line so it should be rather hard which possibly has to wait until spring as he travels to Spain on Thursday.

Where is Everyone? Castle Hill Basin 2019 from David Mason on Vimeo.