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Adam Ondra puts up B je to! (9b)
”Start like A je to, but then go straight up via very hard crux, some easier climbing and dropable second crux. Bolted and tried in August, now on my second day.”
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…
Two 9a (+) FAs and six 8b (+) OS by Adam Ondra
Adam Ondra has been on a family trip to Croatia climbing at, Vranjača where he onsighted five routes 8a to 8b+ in one day. Later he bolted and made the FA of A …
Gonzalo Larrocha (39) onsights six 8a's in a day in Croatia
Gonzalo Larrocha has been on a two-week climbing trip to Croatia and Slovenia focusing as usual on onsights. The 38-year-old has now done 2000 routes 8a and har…
Solitary Souls 8c+ onsight by Adam Ondra
Adam Ondra has onsighted Prospettiva Nevski (8c), "Nice pumpy line, really proud to onsight this one! given 8c+, hard 8c is a good grade in my opinion." and Solitary Souls (8c+) in Arco. "Perfect flow on all of its 35 meters, unique line, unique to climb!" In total, the 29-year-old has now 23 8c+ o…
Two 9a (+) FAs and six 8b (+) OS by Adam Ondra
Adam Ondra has been on a family trip to Croatia climbing at, Vranjača where he onsighted five routes 8a to 8b+ in one day. Later he bolted and made the FA of A …
Gonzalo Larrocha (39) onsights six 8a's in a day in Croatia
Gonzalo Larrocha has been on a two-week climbing trip to Croatia and Slovenia focusing as usual on onsights. The 38-year-old has now done 2000 routes 8a and har…
Solitary Souls 8c+ onsight by Adam Ondra
Adam Ondra has onsighted Prospettiva Nevski (8c), "Nice pumpy line, really proud to onsight this one! given 8c+, hard 8c is a good grade in my opinion." and Solitary Souls (8c+) in Arco. "Perfect flow on all of its 35 meters, unique line, unique to climb!" In total, the 29-year-old has now 23 8c+ o…
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…