Loic Zehani, who did one 9a FA about six months ago, has done his second 8c+, Bronx in Orgon. The 14-year-old needed 20 tries to do the classical chipped route, which was the first 8c+ in France.

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Tendon reports on Facebook that Seb Bouin has made a new link up in Villanoeva del Rosario making the FA of Mangarbo 9a/+. Seb has previously done several routes up to 9b and should be among the Top-10 in the world the last few years. (c) V. Romera

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Fedir Samoilov, who did his first 9a last month, has done his second, Hades in Nassereith. - I feel like I can climb harder and would like to try many projects especially in Spain. But now pause until the autumn: in the near future competitive season begins. There are plans to speak of the junior European Cups and championships, of course on the World Cup in Imst, Arco, Chamonix, Briançon and Kranj. And the ultimate goal of this year - is the Junior World Championships in China. Then again, climbing on rocks. In Spain, I expect the grade 9a+. I hope this project will be an interesting end of the year and the beginning of next year. Plans interesting and great. I hope to find sponsors to help me carry out my plan

The climbing market is growing and so is the competition between producers. In comparison to some years ago, it seems that the prices in general have dropped some 15% and on EPICTV SHOP you can buy Shoes and 60-meter-long Ropes for below 100 euro. Quickdraws start from Euro 8 and harnesses are available for Euro 35, and we talk about high class products. Here are some examples: La Sportiva Testarossa 99 E Five Ten Hiangle 110 E Tenaya Oasi 90 E Boreal Kintaro 85 E Mammut 10.2 m rope 108 E Tendon harness 38 E

The winner of the Chongqing Boulder World Cup, Tomoa Narasaki (19). (c) Udo Neuman

Chuck Odette, who started climbing some 40 years ago, has done two 8b's in Hurricane; Inner Worlds and Big Man On Campus (in the picture). The great and inspiring story is that Chuck, who has put up 50+ routes 8a and harder, did his first 8b+ being 44 years old and now he is 60.

Malgorzata Rudzinska, a former Speed climber from Poland, who has achieved two Top-8 positions in Youth World Championship, has done her first 8A+, Amores Perros in Borzęta. It is especially impressive since there is no good climbing wall in her area (it was closed down in 2014) and there is four hour drive to any good rock.
(c) Gajewski-foto