Jorge Diaz-rullo has onsighted Falconetti 8b+ in Montsant and the 18 year old goes to #2 in the Combined 8a ranking game.

Jakob Schubert, one of the very best competition climbers the last eight years, reports on Instagram that he has done Stoking the Fire 9b in Santa Linya. (c) Shinta Ozawa

Alex Khazanov has done Dave Graham classic from 2005 The Story of 2 Worlds 8C in Cresciano. The FA name referred to the grade inflation that was going on in the area and part of the reason why it stopped was this boulder that many have thought warranted 8C+. Now the pendulum has shifted and some say it is soft also because of new sequences have been found. Iddo Kolker "A great way to start my 2018! One of my all time dream lines. Also managed to climb mithril with a wet top out, right after! The weather here in ticino is the worst I have experienced in Any of my climbing trips so far, rain, snow, fog, you name it. Fortunately there was one good day to used to my advantage, some times miracles do happen! Is it 8C(v15)? Perhaps, perhaps not, but who am I to judge? A small dream just came true!"

Ivana (If) Řezníková, who previously last year did some 8A's, finished of 2017 by doing her first 8A+ boulder, The Itchy And Scratchy show in Elbe valley. Here you have the video More info at foxibouldering.

Margo Hayes Biographie Redpoint Sept 24 2017 from Joe Hedge on Vimeo.

Ryohei Kameyama, who did two 8C's in Fontainebleu has had a great finish of 2017 by doing two 8B+' in Toyota, Babylon and Agartha. In the 8a ranking game, the 20 year Japan old is #6.