In the Adidas Rockstars super final, where Janja Garnbret and Futaba Ito climbed on two identical boulders, Ito fell midways but jumped up directly. Garnbret was caught in the middle and could not find the sequence and soon the 17 year old Japanese got to her height and just kept going without hesitating. As Ito hit the buzzer, Garnbret was still hanging in the same position. Third was Ai Mori, only 15 years old. Among the male, nor Yoshiyuki Ogata or Florian Klingler could not finish the superfinal boulder during the four minutes although both come very close. Then they made the finish a little bit easier but Ogata opted for his original sequence and topped. Jongwon Chon got the bronze. The winners got a check of Euro 5 000 both. Ogata said directly after his victory, "This comp is the most enjoyable competition in the world." (c) Vladek Zumr

In one of the hardest female semi rounds ever, Shauna Coxsey was #5 by just doing one Top and one Zone. Luckily, Janja Garnbret and three Japanese saved the show. Oriane Bertone, 14 years old, was #8 by doing one Top which only was done by Garnbret and Miho Nonaka. Nine girls did not get one zone! Also among the male, one Top was good enough to make it to the final. Florian Klingler won being the only one with two tops and four zones. Nine male did not score a Top. Semi results (c) Vladek Zumr

Alex Honnold, who previously has done three 8c+', has done his first 9a, Arrested Development in Mount Charleston. More info to come. In 2017, Alex free soled the 950 m Freerider and the film of it won an the Oscar Documentory award this spring. Then we contacted Alex asking for an interview. "I’m happy to do some kind of interview for 8a at some point, though we should wait a few months for all the crazy movie travel to be over. I’m hoping to be the first (and maybe only) climber to send 9a and go to the Oscars in the same year. If I ever manage to climb that hard you should do a proper 8a interview."