ZlagBoard Contest by La Sportiva // Melloblocco 2016 from Vertical Life on Vimeo.

The first Boulder Would Cup in Mumbai, India, was a great show with extremely good results for Japan. Beside gaining two golds and getting another two medals, they had another three male in the Top-9. Semi results in brackets once again indicate upside-down result in the final in comparison with the semifinal. (c) Shinji Mizumura 1. Fuji Kokoro (5) JPN - Miho Nonaka (3) JPN 2. Tomoa Narasak (3) JPN - Monika Retschy (5) GER 3. Alexey Rubtsov (6) RUS - Akiyo Noguchi (2) JPN Complete results Interesting is also that runner-up Monika Retschy was second last in both the semifinal and the final as well before the last boulder which she onsighted. The two winners of the semifinal, Jongwon Chon and Sol Sa, were #4 and #5 in the final. This confirms that it seems more difficult to start last in the final.

Tamas Zupan has set a new record of dedication by doing his second 8C, Zunami in Saalachtal, driving 7 000 kilometers to reach his goal. - I was there with my friend in the middle of March and I climbed some boulders in the lower sector and I tried Gizmo 8B, which is a variant of Zunami. I live 600 km far from Saalachtal and I could travel there only on Wednesdays because of my work. I woke up at 4:30 a.m., started my journey from home at 5 a.m. and I came in Saalachtal at 11 a.m. I climbed until 2 p.m. and I arrived at 8 p.m. I climbed ’Gizmo’ on the second trip and finally I could manage ’Zunami’ on my 6th trip. The first move is incredible complex because in the same time you should move separately your all limbs when make the crossing movement, after it is really crimpy, overhanging and that’s why I really liked it.

Alex Puccio's Road to Recovery from Petzl-sport on Vimeo.

Piotr Schab has done the FA of Stal Mielec 9a/+ in Dolina Kluczwody. The Polish teenager is #7 in the 8a ranking game. Video of the ascent. - It used to be an 8c+ but after big changes in the Cave (removing artificial holds - 2012) it became a real challenge and was named the hardest route in whole Polish Jura.

Daniel Woods nabs the first ascent of Everything Gneiss, V14 in Clear Creek Canyon, CO. from Paul Dusatko on Vimeo.