2016 UIAA Ice Climbing World Youth Championships from UIAA - Climbing & Mountaineering on Vimeo.

Jule Wurm, the reigning Boulder World and European Champion, has done two 8A+'s in Hueco Tanks, Rumble in the Jungle and Phantomb Limb, in the picture by Sven Böhme. "We had a fun good trip, competed in the Rodeo and had a good time with the Austrian crew around Jakob, Alfons and Elias! My plan for 2016 is just to climb outdoor a lot and it would be cool to see some new areas. I'd like to climb in the Grampians for example. And maybe some exotic trips, too. We'll see. I'm psyched to do a few fun comps such as the Hard Moves in Wuppertal, but no more World Cups:-)."

Sisu Masters 2016 from Sisu Masters on Vimeo.

Felipe Camargo, one of the guys who has put Brazil on the climbing map, has done the third ascent of Chris Sharma's Catalan Witness The Fitness 8C. (c) Marcos Costa "Super happy! The boulder is awesome and I didn't expect to do it in just four days. I've been training a lot of roof climbing! I'm making a movie about only roof climbs! So this year I will be going around trying some hard roofs around the world! The wheel of life, Andrada's Corazon de ensueño in China and In search of time lost in Magic Woods! But first, it dries, is my project in Rodellar! A link into Los Inconformistas which is like an 8c into the 9a! But if it doesn't dry I might just climb in Margalef and Oliana."

Last week, 8a received a new All Time High both when it comes to Sessions (124 844) and Unique Visitors (38 540). Thank you very much and thanks to the team helping out in different ways. We are always looking for more climbers that would like to help, write to [email protected] if you are interested. At the moment we have 61 000 members who have recorded 3.8 million ascents that will guide you to the best crags and climbs in the world. We hope to present the new scorecard pages' design in a few weeks.

Daniel Jung reports on Facebook that he has done Xaxid Hostel 9a and Histerija 8c+ in Misja Pec, "just before the holds got too wet. Not so sure about the grades of the routes I send, maybe they are soft or I trained to much." Daniel has previously done eight 9a's and La Rambla 9a+ beside putting up many routes including trad.

TORU_NAKAJIMA_IN_COLORADO_2015 from Imashi Hashimoto on Vimeo.

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