Last night we switched 8a.nu over to https, which means that you can find 8a.nu on https://www.8a.nu from now on. All http:// links will be redirected to https://. We do our best to keep all the site's resources including images on https but sometimes you might not see a green padlock in your browser address bar. This is probably caused by some embedded images in the forum and the news loaded from http:// instead of https://. Please report any such issues in the forum. We moved 8a to https for several reasons, but the most important ones are privacy and security. A lot of our users login to 8a on open WiFi hotspots. With https other people on the same network won't be able to capture your password and session tokens. Firefox announced that they are going to phase out none secure http. Google also checks if a site is using https as a part of their search ranking algorithms. If you are interested, here is a nice article from the NY Times giving more details about the benefits of https. -------------- We're fixing the last bits of the migration process while I'm writing this. Bear with us before while we try to fix the last things :)

Obrigado Amigos (EN subtitles) from Ondřej Smrž on Vimeo.

Saïgon & L'alchimiste from lucas menegatti on Vimeo.

During the last ten years we have seen an extreme development when it comes to the number of boulderers, Boulder problems, gyms, training facilities and training theories. At the same time, the female and the youngsters have pushed several grades up and in fact getting closer to the male, who show limited progress. Why do we not see more progress in male Bouldering with all these improved preconditions including videos, chalk, shoes and crash pads? Bouldering did become a sport about 20 years ago with great development during the first ten years but then it more or less stopped. Could one of the possible explanations be that some 8C's actually deserve the 8C+ grade?

Clayton Reagan has done his first 9a, I, Me and You in Texas. It was put up by Rupesh Chhagan as an 8c but later three guys have given it 9a. It is supposed to be an 8B+ linking a 7c+. "Had to use Vinny's liquid chalk to grab these little crimps. I didn't expect so much to do about a little route in Texas, but it is nice to see so much support from the community. Happy to put this one behind me. It is nice to think I still have a few year of competitive play left in these old bones. On to the next! I've been climbing 5.14 since the late 90's so I'd like to think this is the natural progress. I will be 37 in May. If my math is correct, I should be climbing 9a+ by the time I'm 40 right? Seems to be working for Ben Moon and Peyton Manning. "