Papichulo 9a+ by Jonathan Siegrist during the night
EPICTV reports that Jonathan Siegrist has done Chris Sharma's Papichulo 9a+ in Oliana. (c) Samuel Elias ""Papichulo is an incredible 45 meter route. Itย’s involved, with a very pumpy and nerve-racking finish after a consistently tough first half." This was the third 9a+ for Jonathan and what makes this one so special is the fact that he up had to turn on his head lamp midways the route and continued to the top.

9a FA by Jakob Schubert
Jakob Schubert, one of the best climbers of the last five years, both on rock and in comps, reports on Facebook that he has made the FA of Companion of Change 9a in Zillertal. Last weekend he was #3 in Kranj as well as in the 2015 overall ranking. (c) Elias Holzknecht "The route was bolted by Markus Schwaiger then rebolted + cleaned by Gerhard Hรถrhager, two of the most important pioneers of Tyrol! I tried this route for the first time many years ago and came back every once in a while, a lot has changed since I first saw this route, in my life but also in climbing and on this planet in general. That's why I'm giving it the name 'Companion of Change'. I'm not 100% sure about my plans yet, I'm really spontaneous right now, done with university since May, so I can put all my time into climbing. Planing to focus on Lead next year and less bouldering so I can focus on rockclimbing a lot longer. Probably climbing mostly outside until May. On Saturday I will go to Croatia for a week, mid December Spain and Hueco in February."

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First 9a by Stefano Carnati (17)
Stefano Carnati, Euro Youth Champion and #2 in the World Championship 2015, has done his first 9a, Coup de Grace in Sonlerto. It was put up by David Graham in 2005 as a 9a+ and repeated by Gabri Moroni, who gave it a personal grade of 9a. "I tried this route for the first time about one year ago and soon realized it was too hard for my level. This year I came back really motivated to try it again and after some tries I managed to figure out the moves, but linking them seemed impossible! Last week, my father drove me to Sonlerto. Conditions were good and I felt quite well. After a good attempt, on my third go I set on send-mode, climbed the first part quickly, took a long rest before the roof and went through the last section until the final jug! I tried to calm down a bit and then climbed the final slab to the top of this big boulder! Coup de Grace was done!!!!"

9a FA in Frankenjura again by Alex Megos
Alex Megos reports on Facebook that he has done yet another 9a FA in Frankenjura, Space Lap. (c) Daniela Ebler "Might have been the last really good day in the Frankenjura?! And I made the best of it! Not only that the climbing legend Jerry Moffatt was with us at the crag but also did he cheer me on while doing the FA of another 9a in the Frankenjura! It was a project of Philipp Warda who belayed me during the send. I called it "Space Lap"!