Angie Scarth-Johnson has traveled from Australia to Spain again to find some of the best limestone climbs in the world. Last year she did an 8c in Rodellar, being just 10 years old, and today she did Speed baby 8b+ in Margalef. "The start was wet, short powerful climbing, I really enjoyed it after the first Boulder problem. I had to use one finger for intermediate."

Isabelle Faus, who is #2 in the Bouldering ranking game and did an 8B+ last year, has done the endurance test piece, Prime Time to Shine 8c in Clear Creek Canyon. Next she is going to Boulder in Font and then probably Routes in Red River Gorge followed by Boulders in Rocklands. "It was a fun transition, I like to get up high and take big falls and stuff, I like the sport climbing process, learn all the beta and execute. My plan is to just keep trying hard and keep doing my thing! Really happy, when I was first starting climbing 5.14 seemed so crazy.. but now the possibilities seem to be as high as I want them, excited to keep going with sport climbing, thanks to Chad for amazing and supportive, :::)

Chris Sharma has previously said that the suggested combined Olympic format is "a big shame!" Adam Ondra, the best competition climber in the last two years, is even more critical, which goes hand in hand with what 8a has stated. As for his plans for 2016, Adam will once again focus on rock but possibly do some World Cups as well. "Combined format is the great tragedy for our sport. I think that Olympics is amazing thing for climbing, but honestly, no other choice could have been worse than combined format. It is just sad to see lead climber on the speed route and speed climber on lead route. It is embarrassing for the climbers because they are on a completely different level. Athletes are going to be forced to train what they do not specialize in. The audience is interested in seeing top performance, right? But it will only see more average performance due to the format. Additionally, it shares no spirit. Competition climbing is originated in rock climbing, where the speed is not taken into consideration (well, there are few exceptions like The Nose). What you climb and in which style is what matters. Lead and boulder fit into this philosophy. Speed does not. And it does not reflect the current situation either. Nobody is interested in doing all three disciplines except Sean. Why should something, that one person in the world is interested in doing, become Olympic? I did not participate in World Championship 2014 in Gijon in speed. And because of that, I was not Combined World Champion. I did it deliberately, with full awareness, just because I did not agree with the rules. IFSC chose the combined format in order not to disappoint anyone, but at least I feel disappointed. In my opinion, going for speed only, lead only, boulder only or lead and boulder combined is much better than all three combined." It should be mentioned that the latest IFSC Plenary Assembly, was opened by Marco Scolaris, who said, "We cannot say anything about the format at this point as the decision has not been taken yet.", although the application is based on 30 + 30 athletes competing in Lead, Boulder and Speed for one set of medals.

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Klemen Becan has done the FA of Joe Mama 9a+ in Oliana, which was bolted by Joe Kinder. The Slovenian has been a world class climber for 15 years. He has also won one World Cup, done several 9a's and onsighted several 8c's. (c) Anja Becan "I was trying it since December, sometimes five tries a day. Still many routes to do in Oliana and other places around here. We are going to a search for a new project mañana."

Laura Rogora has become the first Italian female to do a 9a by Grandi Gesti in Sperlonga, which is a 20 meter long roof link up. Last year the 14-year-old won both Lead and Boulder Italian Championships and to make the story even more amazing, she mainly just trains in a Bouldering gym. She is #1 in the 8a ranking game. (c) Stefano Michelin/UP-Climbing - It took me about 15-20 tries in one month and half. I went to Sperlonga seven times. I didn't do a specific training for this route because my purpose is training for competition. Now I need going to train hard for competition especially for the world youth championship in China in November. Surely I will continue to climb on the rock. I planned a trip to Spain in April I think I will climb on sight.