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8b+ Mayan Smith-Gobat
Jernej Kruder sends Martin Krpan (9a) sans knee pads
Jernej Kruder, who won the Boulder World Cup in 2018, has done Martin Krpan (9a) in Mišja Peč. “I would like to expose something here: I spent many tries on t…
Welcome to Vertical-Life Web
Six years after partnering with 8a.nu, we’re excited to announce the unification of the 8a.nu website and the Vertical-Life app into a single platform: Vertical…
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…
Mayan Smith-Gobat
Mayan Smith-Gobat from New Zealand is spending the winter in Spain and the last three weeks she has done five 8a+ and harder including Zona 0, 8b in Siurana. Ma…
8b+ by Mayan Smith-Gobat
Mayan Smith-Gobat has done Space Boy (Extension), 8b+ in Super Bowl. "Amazing sense of achievement, this is the route I have spent the most time trying ever... Not my style at all, took me a long time just to do all the moves. Great route, even if it is in a chossy cave." Video of her working the ro…
8b+ by Mayan Smith-Gobat
Mayan Smith-Gobat has done Blood Meridian, 8b+ in Little Babylon. "Super cool moves, really interesting, powerful climbing." Mayan is #7 in the scorecard ranking game. mayanclimbs.com, "this was my fifth route 32 and above within the last seven months, completing the best year of climbing in my life…
Mayan Smith-Gobat
Mayan Smith-Gobat from New Zealand is spending the winter in Spain and the last three weeks she has done five 8a+ and harder including Zona 0, 8b in Siurana. Ma…
8b+ by Mayan Smith-Gobat
Mayan Smith-Gobat has done Space Boy (Extension), 8b+ in Super Bowl. "Amazing sense of achievement, this is the route I have spent the most time trying ever... Not my style at all, took me a long time just to do all the moves. Great route, even if it is in a chossy cave." Video of her working the ro…
8b+ by Mayan Smith-Gobat
Mayan Smith-Gobat has done Blood Meridian, 8b+ in Little Babylon. "Super cool moves, really interesting, powerful climbing." Mayan is #7 in the scorecard ranking game. mayanclimbs.com, "this was my fifth route 32 and above within the last seven months, completing the best year of climbing in my life…
Katie Lamb makes history
Katie Lamb has become the first woman to climb 8C+ by completing Box Therapy (8C) in RMNP. Daniel Woods made the FA back in 2018, and only Drew Ruana and Sean B…
Schubert sends Project Big during his 6th Live attempt
"It was dramatic to the very end." On the 8a finish of Project Big in Flatanger, Jakob Schubert explains that a horn broke and he was close to falling. The last three minutes of the video show just how much this climb means to him."This horn could have ended my career... This was the biggest mental …
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…