2023 8a.nu Climber of the Year
1. Jakob Schubert - AUT
2. Janja Garnbret - SLO
3. Adam Ondra - CZE
4. Sebastien Bouin
5. Sorato Anraku - JPN
6. William Bosi - GBR
7. Brooke Raboutou - USA
8. Michaela Kiersch - USA
9. Jessica Pilz - AUT
10. Anak Verhoeven - BEL
11. Alex Megos - GER
12. Katie Lamb - USA
13. Colin Duffy - USA
14. Natalia Grossman - USA
15. Tomoa Narasaki - JPN
16. Drew Ruana - USA
17. Jorge diaz-rullo - ESP
18. Laura Rogora - ITA
19. Barbara Zangerl - AUT
20. Jonathan Siegrist - USA
21. Jesse Grupper - USA
22. Tanguy Merard - FRA
23. Jules Marchaland - FRA
24. Yannick Flohé -GER
25. Mejdi Schalck - FRA
26. Stefano Ghisolfi - ITA
27. Lee Dohyun - KOR
28. Staša Gejo - SRB
29. Ai Mori - JPN
30. Toby Roberts - GBR, Paige Claassen - USA, Manon HILY - FRA, Ben Burkhalter - USA, Pietro Vidi - ITA, Jana Svecova - CZE, Austin Purdy - USA, Connor Herson - USA, Hannes Van Duysen - BEL, ainhize belar barrutia - ESP, Eva Hammelmüller - AUT, Allison Vest - USA, Camilla Moroni - ITA, Alex Puccio - USA, Marine Thevenet, Shawn Raboutou - USA, Amandine Loury - FRA, Chris Sharma - USA, Simon Lorenzi - BEL, Aidan Roberts - GBR, Yoshiyuki Ogata - JPN Loic Zehani - FRA, Michael Piccolruaz - ITA, Solveig Korherr- - GER Martina Demmel - GER, Tasei Homma - JPN, Miho Nonaka -JPN, Oriane Bertone - FRA, Simon Lorenzi - BEL, Siara Fabbri - USA, Jonathan Flor - ESP, Molly Thompson-Smith - GBR, Nolwen Berthier - FRA, Carlo Traversi, Siara Fabbri, Sebastien Berthe - BEL
Elias Iagnemma FA’s The Big Slamm (9A)
Elias Iagnemma, who last year sent Burden of Dreams (9A), reports on Instagram that he has done the FA of The Big Slamm (9A). "It is incredible how it is a prec…
Alex Megos reports on Instagram that after a disappointing performance at the Olympics, he traveled to Flatanger and in just five sessions he was able to compl…
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C'était pas assez tassé 8c by Amandine Loury
Amandine Loury, who started 2022 by sending her first 8A+ boulder, has done C'était pas assez tassé 8c In St Léger. Previously she has done one 8c+ and seven 8c…
Two 8A's by Camilla Moroni
Camilla Moroni, who last year did her first 8B and got the silver in the World Championship, has done Dreams are full of maybies (8A) and Bavona Jungle (8A) in …
Goosfraba 8c+ flash and two 9a's by Adam Ondra
Adam Ondra has enjoyed some great days in Padaro, close to Arco, where he flashed Goosfraba (8c+), "Climbs better than looks and all natural! Pretty happy to do…
C'était pas assez tassé 8c by Amandine Loury
Amandine Loury, who started 2022 by sending her first 8A+ boulder, has done C'était pas assez tassé 8c In St Léger. Previously she has done one 8c+ and seven 8c…
Two 8A's by Camilla Moroni
Camilla Moroni, who last year did her first 8B and got the silver in the World Championship, has done Dreams are full of maybies (8A) and Bavona Jungle (8A) in …
Goosfraba 8c+ flash and two 9a's by Adam Ondra
Adam Ondra has enjoyed some great days in Padaro, close to Arco, where he flashed Goosfraba (8c+), "Climbs better than looks and all natural! Pretty happy to do…
Will Bosi repeats Return of the Sleepwalker (9A)
William Bosi has made the second ascent of Daniel Woods’ Return of the Sleepwalker (9A) in Black Velvet Canyon, after projecting it for 12 sessions. This was th…
Irmgard Braun, 72, ticks Le string à Fredo (7c)
Irmgard Braun, who was featured in an interview sending a 7c+ in 2021, has done Le string à Fredo (7c) in Gorges du Tarn. "This year I tried the route on six d…
Michaela Kiersch completes Dreamtime (8C)
Michaela Kiersch has repeated Fred Nicole’s classical Dreamtime (8C) in Cresciano. The Doctor in Hand Therapy has now completed 17 boulders graded 8B or harder,…