Sachi Amma reports on Instagram, adding a great picture from Eddie Gianelloni, that he, Chon Jongwon and Adam Ondra have done Asagimadara 8C at Mt Mizugaki. It was put up by Tokio Muroi, who did not use a crash pad, as a 6-Dan which is equivalent to 8C+ but it has later been downgraded. It should be noted that Ondra has not commented on the grade yet. Chon Jongwon won the Boulder World Cup last year and this was his first 8C. Sachi Amma has won the Lead World Cup twice and has been one of the best rock climbers in recent years. You all know Ondra's greatness so we are talking about the real dream team. Sachi Amma finished his post with, "Let's see what will happen the next days."

Totally amazing! Watch that mind-boggling sequence where Ryuichi Murai spins 240 degrees with his foot. How is it even possible to find such solution :)

AGARICUS BISPORUS (8b+) from Carlos Alvarez on Vimeo.

Gambaro Matteo has made the FA of Perfect man 2.0 9a in Albenga. Interesting is that he did his first 8c+ being 26, then many years later he did his first 9a, and now he has done three of them. - Perfect Man was bolted to Andrea Gallo in 1992. no one tried this roof before. I rebolted this line last year in January and begin try movements. Often this line is dry and a lot of time I failed in the end of the route. after this I broke two holds and re begin work the hardest moves. The line is all natural and very beautiful.

Ignacio Mulero, who did his first 9a, Clandestino in Teverga, last autumn, has done his first 8C, Entropia in Castillo de Bayuela. The 26-year-old climbed 270 days last year out of which two days indoors. "I think that indoors make you stronger but I prefer to not be not strong and instead climb more on the rock. I spend all my time in climbing, searching and opening new boulders and routes. I am lucky because my family help me. If you spend time in the home areas you don't spend a lot of money." How is it possible to combine Routes and Boulders at the highest level? I do not train anything specific to do both things, I just climb. I am lucky to climb very often and throughout the year I can practice sport climbing and boulder. I think both can be practiced without problems. The strength and tricks that you gain in Boulder is great for climbing. Sport climbing gives you more resistance and more pace when you climb boulder. In the end, it is the same, climbing. In fact, the greatest climbers always practice both, right? Nowadays people try to do one thing or another better, instead of practice both. I think that is a mistake.