9a by Josรฉ luis Palao again
jose luis palao has done his fourth 9a during the last 15 weeks, Leire in Cuenca. The 31-year-old did his first 8c 11 years ago and his first 8c+ in 2009, and in 2012 he did El Intento 9a. How can you explain doing four 9a's so quick and what about specific training? Everything flows in my body now I'm more focused in climbing. I'm more of a rock climber, I have plenty of time and I prefer rock climbing when I can not climb the rock, I train four days a week 3 or 4 hours per day. I only work three months a year in a hospital in the summer, work settings also route in climbing competitions. ยฉ Javi Pec

8a+ onsight by Muriel Sarkany (41)
Muriel Sarkany, one of the best competition climbers in the history, who did her first 9a when she was 39, has onsighted Paideia 8a+ in Rodellar. The picture by Kaori is from Florida 8a+, which she did one day later. Between 1997 and 2004, Muriel won the Overall WC 5 times and in the remaining 3 years she was the runner-up! The 153 cm tall stopped competing in 2010 and has since done some great progress peaking so far being 39 years old.

Top 100 Onsight Ranking Game
Leonardo Meggiolaro is the number one counting the Top 100 Onsights the last year. โ€ For me, onsight climbing is the purest and most authentic form of climbinโ€ฆ
Top 50 Ascents Female Boulder
Sophia Hoermann is the number one in the Top 50 Ascents Female Boulder Ranking Game.
Five 8b+ and an 8c by Janina Gmiter
Nasz Chleb has done five 8b+ and Spanish Caravane 8c during two weeks in Verdon, which is remarkable as she had previously done just two 8b+ and one 8c. Part of the explanation is that she took one year off from University studies last year. ""The route traverses through the middle of the impressive overhanging cave of "La Ramirole", giving a 50m long good endurance test piece. I liked the route from the beginning, because there are no lottery moves... For trying the route I was encouraged by my friend Marv, who told that this 8c more likely to send then "La feu occulte" 8b+ on which I was working on this time. By the end of climbing day, I went on "Spanish caravanne", I did all moves, so I decided, that in case of sending 8b+ fast, I will make a gift to myself and get familiar with 8c...I will prepare project for next holidays...I was not thinking, that I manage to send it that fast."

8B again by Katharina Saurwein
Katharina Saurwein,#5 in the Boulder WC 2015, reports on Facebook that she has done The Shining in RMNP which was her third 8B the last year. - Whoop! After falling a bunch of times on the normally not so hard ending of 'The Shining' 8B, I finally sent! This beautiful problem sits very high up in Chaos Canyon at an altiutude of ~3000 meters and is very often wet. It took a little patience, but was definitely worth it! Psyched for less hiking... Thanks to @Jonglassberg for the photo and support!

Belastningsskador i klatring
Gudmund Grรธnhaug, som har klรคttrat pรฅ hรถg nivรฅ i 20+ รฅr och har en Masters i Science in Sports, har publicerat boken Belastningsskador i klatring. Den norska boken tar ett helhetsgrepp och omfattar allt frรฅn grundlรคggande trรคningslรคra inkl fรถrslag pรฅ periodisering samt detaljerad info av de flesta belastningsskador man kan rรฅka ut fรถr. Den tar ocksรฅ upp kroppsรถvningar man kan anvรคnda efter skadan och รคven fรถr att trรคna antagonisterna. Under hรถsten hรฅller han fรถredrag i Norge och hoppas รคven kunna besรถka Sverige och Danmark pรฅ temat - "Tren mindre, prester bedre!" Mรฅlet med foredraget er รฅ lรฆre bort hvordan man kan รธke effekten og samtidig minimere sjansen for skader! Boken inleds med ett fรถrord av Adam Ondra som fรถrklarar att han aldrig har varit skadad och orsaken till detta รคr att han inte hade prestation i fokus nรคr han var tonรฅring utan istรคllet bara klรคttrade pรฅ. Utmanar man sig รคndรฅ med allt fรถr hรฅrd prestationsinriktad trรคning sรฅ ger boken enkla och praktiska rรฅd hur man diagnosticerar och behandlar tecken pรฅ skador. Trots att den รคr skriven pรฅ norska รคr den lรคttlรคst och det blir aldrig riktigt komplicert. Boken รคr praktiskt tillรคmpar och har hela tiden budskapet att kรคnn efter och ta det fรถrsiktigt. De tydliga anatomiska bilderna fyller รคven som funktion att man blir lite skrรคmd och istรคllet fรถr att fรฅ en kronisk skada sรฅ undviker du den genom vila och allmรคnna รถvningar. Det enda som saknas รคr ett sakregister sรฅ man enklare kan sรถka sig fram till rรคtt sida. Norsk klatring intervjuade honom: - Hvis opplaget pรฅ 1500 blir utsolgt sรฅ fรฅr jeg kanskje en timelรธnn pรฅ 40 รธre. Blir ikke rik av รฅ lage fagbรธker i Norge! Men jeg har lรฆrt utrolig mye underveis og jeg har fรฅtt samarbeide med noen av de aller beste pรฅ sine felt. Hvis boka i tillegg kan bidra til รฅ hjelpe noen ut av skade, eller til รฅ hindre skade sรฅ er det lรธnn nok i massevis. Klatring er altfor gรธy til at man skal behรธve og skade seg av det. Kรถp den fรถr 329 nkr