Domen Škofic reports from the IRCC Air Bag comp in his hometown Radovljica, which he won together with Janja Garnbret by, soloing a 9-meter-long routes faster than the others in the final. They had three attempts on 8b respectively 8a routes which ended by letting go and falling onto a giant airbag. In total, 247 competitors from seven countries competed. The number #4 in the Lead World Cup 2016, says he totally agree with Adam Ondra when it comes to his negative opinion regarding the Combined format in the Olympics. So what about making it a new Olympic or Lead WC format? "I definitely think it could be an Olympic format and it would easily go also for the Lead World Cup. It would be much more fun and the moves could get even harder and more spectacular. For now I see only positive sides. The airbag can be bigger and smoother and we could also climb up to 20 m if necessary but anyway lead should not be higher than 18 m as it gets boring."

Magnus Midtbø, #4 in the World Championship in 2011, has done his fourth 9a+, Seleccion Anal in Santa Linya. (c) Henning Wang "Perfect timing only a couple days before leaving. A crucial hold broke just a few hours before I sent. Makes it a little bit harder with a new sequence down low. Feel like I have lots of energy right now, so I'm trying to put it to good use. My plan is to skip the first comps and climb outside in Norway instead. I will focus more on the World Championship in Paris this year and do one or two World Cups as training for it. This was my second trip working Selecction A. I probably fell 10-15 times on the crux, but luckily never in the last part. My plan now is to go through Stokin the fire (9b) and see if that could be a project for next season. Have watched Edu Marin working it and it looks really good!"

Ryuichi Murai has repeated two Dai Koyamada's Boulders in Shinobara. Most impressive was his 30 min ascent of Uma, to which he gave a personal grade of 8B+.

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Last route, last climber, his last try. Baptiste Ometz managed to stick the dyno and secure the overall victory for Blockfeld Winterthur. Then he continued making the first top. What an amazing ending of a superb Deep Water Solo show in Wuppertal. The winning team from Switzerland: Baptiste Ometz, Benjamin Blaser, Jara Späte, Kevin Heiniger, Mathias Seiler, Natalie Bärtschi, Nils Favre, Noe Wetter, Noemi Langenkamp, Samuel Ometz.

Daniel Woods, who did the FA of an 8C+ Boulder last year, comes with good news on Facebook that he has done his fourth 9a+. "Sent Papichulo (9a+) last night. This is the most resistant route I have climbed on. 50 meters limited rests, perfect rock, sketchy slab outro... Has everything. Props to Chris Sharma for having the vision and establishing it. Photo Matty Hong" The day before he sent Víctimas Pérez 9a in Margalef which is another resistant testpiece. Not bad for the one who has done some 25 boulders 8C or harder.