Alex Puccio took her eleventh win in the USA Bouldering Nationals by beating Ashima Shiraishi with 9.7 points. They did the same number of tops but Alex controlled two more zones. Brooke Raboutou did the same number of zones as Ashima but had used two more tries. If they would have used the IFSC scoring actually Ashima would have won and Alex would have been third! IFSC scoring (USA scoring) 1. Ashima Shiraishi 2T2 4b4 (70), 2. Brooke Raboutou 2T4 4b4 (69.8) 3. Alex Puccio 2T6 4b4 (79.6). Among the male Nathaniel Coleman, #4 in the Boulder WC 2015, won his third title with the perfect score 100 points meaning he topped all four problems. Sean Bailay was second at 99.6 and Drew Ruana third by 98.6. Complete results (c) Eddie Fowke

Dave Macleod, one of the greatest trad climbers in the world, reports that he has done the eight ascent of Chris Sharma's Catalan Witness the Fitness, giving it a personal grade of 8B+. Including Jakob Schubert's recent flash suggesting low-end 8B+ as well as most guys have said it to be soft 8C and in fact, Sharma not giving it a grade, it might be that the great roof boulder should just be called 8B+ and delete it from the 8C official list? Two years ago, being 37 years old, Dave did Practice of the Wild 8C.

Maggie Odette has done Killer Bees 8b in Hurricave where Chris Sharma did the FA. The 48 year and 157 cm tall old has the last five years previously done five 8b's and two 8b+'s. "I've been trying it for two years now to climb this 50 feet of rock. Hardest of the grade for me so far because it's so short...and so am I ;) Actually, I think it's pretty fair as far as the height game goes. The tricks are there if you're willing to take the time to find them!" (c) Heidi Baxter

Cypher (8B), Slipstones, North Yorkshire from David Mason on Vimeo.

Rhythm (8A+), Flasby Fell, North Yorkshire from David Mason on Vimeo.

The semifinal of the USA Bouldering Nationals is streamed live, 09.25 MST: Euro 17.25. Interesting they rank the climbers by three zones; 5, 10 and 15 points and you get 25 points for the top. For each try 0.1 points are deducted both for the zones and the top. Here you have the results. The big change for this system, in comparison to the IFSC system, is that two tops can loose to somebody that does many zones. Scoring by points have been up to discussion inside IFSC and 8a have forwarded a similar scoring system with two zones 3 and 5 points respectively 10 points for the top or 11 points for a flash. No deduction for tries but instead counting attempts for tied scoring. On the picture by Eddie Fowke - The Circuit Climbing you clearly see the 5, 10 and points zones holds.

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Adam Ondra reports on Instagram"First ascent yesterday, a route bolted by Quentin Chastagnier - La Castagne 9a+ (name was changed - did not know the name had been given)." This means that Adam has now done 32 FAs 9a+ and harder and on the diagram by Alex Beale we can see that Chris Sharma is runner up on this exclusive list, followed up by Alex Megos on seven.