Adam Ondra reports on his Instagram, with 174 000 followers, that he has done the first repeat of Pirmin Bertle's Meiose in Charmey on his 3rd go giving it a personal grade of 9a+. In the video below you can see Adam finds a no-hands kneebar. Out of all 36 9a+ (b) and harder listed on 99 boulders.com Adam has done 24. Including also his latest recorded 9a, Retour Gagnant in St Legere, "Done with a headlamp in the end of the day. Waiting for the big projects to dry up, hopefully...", Adam has now done 153 9a's and harder. Here you can sign up for one of Adam's training session in March in Spain.

Ett inlägg delat av Adam Ondra (@adam.ondra) 1 Feb 2018 kl. 1:30 PST

Rafa Fanega has done his fifth 8c+, Alhakan in El Chorro, the last 9 months. The 43 year old did his first 8c when he was 35 years old and first 8c+ when he was 39. Interestingly he started climbing when he was 16 so we are talking about a really late bloomer. Rafa has bolted 1 000+ routes and most of which he has paid from his own pocket. In total, he has recorded almost 2 000 routes on his scorecard. "For me bolting is as important as climbing." The picture is from last year in Fin del Mundo where the 163 cm tall has put up most of his routes (c) Rual Santano.

Jonathan Siegrist, a new 8a member who has done 31 routes 9a and harder, shows a very easy way to make a stick-clip so you can work the bottom crux more safely.

Nacho Sánchez reports in his Instagram that he has done the first repeat of Beto Rocasolano's test piece El Indomable 8C+ in Tamajón, Spain, calling it hard 8C. In total Nacho has done six boulders 8C or harder out of which four FAs, including Crisis. Is this one of your hardest problems? Yes it is, but Crisis 8C (+) took me more effort cause maybe it was not my style. El Indomable has some endurance but also has much less moves.

Ramon Julian did his first Lead World Cup in 2001 when he was 19 years old. In total he has now done 120 WC's including being #8 in his last 2017. He has won 20 WC and gotten 6 599 points which is most in the history among the male. Three times he has won the European Championship and twice the World Championship*. Overall, the 159 cm tall could be considered the best ever male IFSC competitor. *In 2005 he won the semifinal but his coach did not know the changed the isolation time so he was not allowed to compete. Instead he saw most topping out the final route a way too easy route! Eddie Fowke - The Circuit Climbing

There are now 4 295 crags and 1 767 Boulder areas in the 8a database where you can get specific info and Tick list. This will help you to find the best climbs around the globe. If you would like to add more, just click on the link "Add" to the left and find the link. It takes 30 ascent to make the data base.

Paweł Jelonek and Christof Rauch have done Dave Graham's super classic 8C, The Story of 2 World's in Cresciano. Actually, Christof did it twice as he later also did Dai Koyamada's low start 8C+, calling it 8C, where you practically start laying from the other side. "A dream became reality! When I climbed "The Dagger" for the first time I don't thought that I could climb this problem ever! But a few weeks ago I found some new microbetas and it felt so much easier. At first I made a team ascent of the normal start together with Pawel. Afterwards I checked out the lower moves with no big expectations. Sometimes it seems like this is the key to success and after a hell of a fight I stood on top of this amazing boulder and nabbed the second ascent. Thanks to the awesome crew!" Christof, working full time as an engine technician, is #1 in the 8a ranking game. (c) Damien Largeron Short interview with the 24 year old who the last four years have done 100+ boulders 8A and harder each year.