Adam Ondra reports on Insta that he has made the FA of Highline 9a+ after two days of bolting and two days of projecting. In total Adam has now done 62 routes 9a+ to 9c. The runner up is Chris Sharma and Alex Megos with 18 respectively 17 routes 9a+ and harder. Bernardo Gimenez "One of my best first ascents ever. Lower part is slightly overhanging featuring big moves on pockets, the crux is in the middle where wall turns into vertical (pictured), and then neverending technical difficulties all the way to the anchor in vertical or slightly slabby wall.>/a>

Many got their revenge from a poor result in Innsbruck and beside Jakob Schubert it was seven new names that qualified into the final tonight at 18.00. Both Italy and Japan got three into the final and Japan had also seven in Top-15 which was yet a new record for them. Among the female, Jain Kim topped in her best style which made the Norweigian coach, Reino Horak, say it was one of the most impressive and perfectly executed climbs he had seen during the last ten years. Austria did get three female to the final. Slovenia, who impressed again with eight female semifinalist, did get Mina Markovic beside Janja Garnbret to the final. Complete results

Domen Skofic won both the qualification routes in Kranj and Japan continues their upwards trend. All their nine participants among the Top-24. Complete results

The fifth stage of the Lead World Cup in 2018 takes place in Kranj this weekend. The semi will be live-streamed on Saturday 20.00 and the Finals on Sunday 18.00. Slovenia will participate with 16 athletes and Japan with 15 out of which nine male. As Alex Megos will not attend in Kranj, possibly due to the injury he got in Innsbruck and which made him just slowly climb the Speed route, it seems the overall title is a battle in between leading Jakob Schubert and Stefano Ghisolfi. Schubert's worse result is #4 and Ghisolfi's #5 in 2018. Anyhow, Domen Skofic and Romain Desgranges do still have good chances but the results need to go in their favor. Complete results Among the female, Janja Garnbret has won three events and Jessica Pilz one and as their worst result is #2, in practice nobody can catch them as Anak Verhoeven has said on Insta that due to an elbow injury, her competition season is over. In the end of October, the World Cup finishes with two events in China.

William Bosi, #13 in the Lead WCH in Innsbruck, has done a quick ascent of Practice of the wild 8C in Magic Wood. Next is the World Cup in Kranj this weekend. (c) Eddie Fowke, who also got it on video. "The routes in Kranj revolve around a hard boulder in the roof half way up where I always fall, so I decided a hard boulder in a roof would be perfect training for this. It’s been really good fun training everything, I actually enjoy speed training the most..."

Paul Robinson has done his 18th 8C, Delirium in Mt Evans, up at 3 700 meters, after five days of projecting. " The climb is 18 moves long out this big roof. Relief! too many mishaps on the end of this one. should have done this days ago but i just kept messing up the top! very happy that this mini epic is OVER! onward to the next one on the list :) 7 more to go! According, 99boulders Dai Koyamada and Daniel Woods have done 22 8C's which is most in the world. In total, Paul has recorded 909 boulders 8A and harder so on that list he is probably #1. Here is his latest video featuring New Zealand.

Fabrizio Peri, who recently did an 8c+, has done the FA of Camo 9a in Grotti after some 50 days. He bolted it five years ago and projecting has been on and off also due to injuries. "It was very emotional to open it." His first 9a, the military instructor, did when he was 42 years old, two years after he had done his first 8c. Fabrizio started climbing in 1979 and his progress came after stopping body building and loosing some weight.

Marta Palou Carol spent the whole summer in Rodellar out of some 15 days projecting the 40 meter Florida 8c. During the La Sportiva Festival celebrating the 90 years anniversary, she sent it. (c) Edu Ruano "The hardest part it’s on 35 meters! I’m so happy that this line has become my first 8c! I’m so psyched right now! My next big goal is to take my driving license :) Maybe next summer having finished my Sport science studies, or this winter if I have time, and I'm psyched to try another 8c or 8c+.

Oriane Bertone has done Chykungunya in Ouaki giving it a personal 8c grade. In the Combined ranking game the 13 year old is #2 in spite of frequently suggesting personal grades. "Harder (right) variant of "Pari". The last section and the specially the final boulder is really hard. It was called 8c+ on the topo, but as I downgraded Pari (8b+), so Chykungunya seems to me more 8c. Very pumpy and cool to climb". Video.