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Sebastian Cotting has done his first 8B+, From Shallow Waters to the Riverbed in Magic Wood. "I climbed Riverbed 8a+ in October 2014. The sitstart adds a 7C+ boulder, which made a huge difference for the whole line, at least for me. I needed around 15 sessions in total.

Here is the result of the poll "Who are your climbing heroes?" based on some 10 000 votes. 13 % Chris Sharma 12 % Adam Ondra 9 % Wolfgang Gülich 7 % Fred Nicole, Dave Graham 6 % Tommy Caldwell 5 % Nalle Hukkataival, Alex Megos, Alex Huber, Dani Andrada, Alex Honnold, Jimmy Webb 3 % Daniel Woods, Yuji Hirayama, Jan Hojer, Sean McColl In comparison to a similar poll from 2012, the major change is that especially Adam Ondra, Alex Megos, Tommy Caldwell, Jimmy Webb and Jan Hojer have got more votes this time. Kind of surprising that route climbers dominate. In total, 364 more names were also mentioned but none of them got more than 0.4 %. Actually many of the guys voted for are old heroes like Edlinger, Albert, Moon, Mofatt etc.

Metallica IX (Polish Tatra Mountains, Mnich) from Aleksandra Taistra on Vimeo.

Alex Puccio has done Sitting Moon in Horsetooth giving it a personal grade of 8A. "I think this Boulder fit my body and style perfectly! All the others loged 8A+ on here, but I think it was my style. Definitely didn't have to try as hard in this climb as all other 8A+'s I have done. Fun day out with friends and the pup!!! :) Last year Alex was #2 in the World Championship but this year she got injured during the warming up in the Vail WC in June, which made her go through a surgery. Alex proves that sometimes you come back stronger after an injury due to getting a long recovery break. (c) Joel Zerr

Jernej Kruder, who was #2 in the Bouldering World Championship in 2014, reports on Instagram with a great picture by Luka Tambaca that he has set a new personal best on his 25th birthday, "By far the hardest thing I ever sent. I won't consider it as a boulder, cause it's a 60+ moves long beast, so I just propose my personal grade as 9a+ route. For those who don't consider it as a route, you should call it a hard 8C boulder problem. Even though there are some small limitations it's still an astonishing line that I'm very proud of. Short description: 7C+ boulder problem into 13 long moves on quite good holds in almost a roof and straight to an 8A boulder problem in just two very difficult moves. After that you just need to be a bit focus for the last 7B+ boulder or you could say 8a route.

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