Matty Hong in Céüse from Jon Cardwell on Vimeo.

Dai Koyamada, who previously has done some 40 boulders 8B+ or harder, reports on Instagram that he started off 2018 by doing the FA of Gekirin 8C in Ryutosen. The 41 year old Japanese has been one of the top climbers in the world since he was #4 in a Lead World Cup in 1998.

Duygu Haug - Zor-8C from yunus polat on Vimeo.

Cathy Wagner, who previously in 2017 has recorded 51 routes 8a to 8B, has done La via de las flores R1 giving it a personal 8a+ grade. In total the 52 year old, who is at her peak, has recorded 624 8a and harder and if she would not so frequently had given personal grades, she would have been close to 700. How many female have done more than that?

Janja Garnbret, who set a new IFSC record in 2017 by winning nine World Cups, has done her first 9a, Seleccio natural in Santa Linya and the 18 year old just needed five tries. The day before she did Open your mind 8c+ meaning that the Slovenien takes the Sport Climber of the year crown from Adam Ondra who has had if for the last seven years straight. (c) Eddie Fowke

Jose Agustí has put up yet another hard route in Món Sant Miquel del Fai, El Llicenciat del Món 8c+. (c) Ivan Rocamora “The FA of El Llicenciat del Món, is a combination between the hardest of the 8b+ El Llicenciat and the 40 meters long Supermon al revés 8c/c+, resulting a monster of 50 meters long. But that is only a step on the way to my projeckt, a new 9a. When you get to the top of this new 8c+ the possible 9a adds a 25 meters 8b+/8c with the hard move at the very end in the lip of the roof and after 60 of roof climbing and almost 180 movements

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Living the Dream from Carlos Higuera on Vimeo.