Alex Puccio has done her fourth 8B during the last five weeks, Dark Waters in Clear Creek Canyon. In the 8a ranking game, the runner up in the last world championship is #25 even if she did go through knee surgery this spring. (c) Chris Motta "This Boulder was an epic for me! It took me longer than any other climb I have done to date!! This was my 8th day on in over 6 year period. I fell off the last move of this long boulder my first day on it all the ways till I sent it. So so psyched to put this one to rest!!! 😄😄😄😄 thank you for all the support Joel and everyone that came to this Boulder with me! 👊👊😄

New Zealand 2015 from Jimmy Webb on Vimeo.

Matilda Söderlund has onsighted Amboss in Frankenjura, which might be the second female 8a+ onsight in Frankenjura after the one that Lynn Hill did on the route Simon back in 1992. Her trainer Dicki Korb from Cafe Kraft comments: "It is so nice to see, how Matilda climbs now. I'm very happy with her performance, cause we worked a lot on her climbing speed and her dynamic, and now she climbs so much faster and more efficient, and so I'm very happy for her. It was a perfect onsight, she just did everything right." As a matter of fact, it was just a spontaneous onsight and as it was mostly pockets, she mainly read the route on the go. In 2006, when Matilda was #6 in he world Championships, and before all her injuries, she onsighted three 8b's and flashed two 8b+'s.

KRAFT WORKS UNITED from cafekraft on Vimeo.

Christof Rauch, who has done 98 boulders 8A and harder in the last year (probably most in the world), has done two more 8B+'s in Magic Wood: Ill Thrill and The Never Ending Story, "Maybe the problem which took me the most time! Fell much more than 50 times on the first move of the second part. Once I got that first move I did it. Superhappy now!!! Amazing line and awesome moves, no more words needed!" Is there anybody else who has done more than 100 boulders 8A and harder in one year? It should be mentioned that the Austrian often gives personal grades. In 2014, James Webb did 146 boulders 8A and harder which probably is All time high.