Stefano Ghisolfi, currently #4 in the Lead World Cup, has done Jungle Boogie 9a+ in Céüse after ten days of projecting. In the 8a ranking game, the Italian is #3. (c) Paolo Sartori "3rd ascent after Adam and Sachi, hard 9a+, much harder than Biographie, but totally different style. I tried it for 10 days and after the second I could do all the moves. But there is a really hard crux crossing to a 2 finger pocket and I fell there a lot of time. Once I passed that move I went to the top. The route is about 20/25 moves with no rest, and then a 15 meters slab. Beside Jungle Boogie, there are three more 9a+s in Céüse; Three Degrees of Separation, Realization and L'étrange ivresse des lenteurs.

The WideBoyz, Pete Whittaker and Tom Randall, are in the USA to project a potential 9a+ mono roof crack but as it has been wet, they have done four FAs up to 8b+ in the meanwhile. In the video they talk about searching for new projects out in the desert.

Baptiste Ometz, who has done eight 8B+s so far, has done Practice of the Wild giving it a personal grade of 8B+. "Amazing line! 4 days. My style with the jump at the end, simply didn't fell like 8c being already too close on the first day.. psyched for more in magic." It should be noted that six out of seven climbers who recorded it as 8C, called it soft and also Gabri Moroni, who did the second last ascent, gave it 8B+. It is also noteworthy that earlier this year, the 17-year-old was #11 in the Boulder World Cup in Munich.

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Jakob Kronberger, who did his first 9a last year, has done the FA of Die rechte Hand 9a in Salzburger Land. In the new Age & Gender Bonus ranking game, the 15-year-old is #5 overall in the world. "The route is an old project of Klem Loskot. Its a short bouldery route with 10 hard moves on small holds. The route is just a part of a superhard project. After the 9a is over, there is a boulder which is for shure 8B but it should be possible for stronger climbers. There isn't a possibility to rest in the route. It would be very interesting how hard the whole route is. Maybe 9b but I can't really tell how hard it exactly is because I am not even able to do all the moves of the upper boulder. If anyone is interested in the route, feel free to contact me."

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Roland Hemetzberger comes with the great news on Instagram that he has repeated Alex Huber's multi-pitch Nirwana, giving a personal grade of 8b+, instead of 8c+.

In the new Age & Gender Bonus ranking, Chuck Odette (60) is #3 and his partner Maggie (46) is #26. It is very interesting that they both did not start pushing hard until they were 40. Maggie has just done her second 8b+ and Chuck has just done an 8b but his ambition is to get back on 8b+ level. They are both on lookout for the next project to get inspired by. Chuck: "I need more rest and more yoga than I used to. And I have to continue working my weakness, which is power, while focusing on climbs that suit my strength, which is endurance." Maggie: "For training, we spent most of the winter bouldering in Moe's Valley and Marioland, both in southern Utah. We plan to continue that program, taking about 3 months every year to boulder for training power, which is our biggest weakness. In some places we've also been able to hang gymnastic rings or a pull-up bar for reps at the end of climbing days."