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Alone 9a FA by Pierre Le Cerf
"This project was a great lesson in life because, during the first two sessions, I barely reached the beginning of the hard passage. I fell each time on the first move after 35m of 8b+/c climbing. I lacked fluidity, mental strength for some parts, lower temperature and endurance in the forearms, and especially more endurance in the arms. I went back to training and inserted a bit of route-specific endurance into these workouts and I was doing circuits 8-10 min in my bedroom in the heat, without stopping, to get used to this long effort. I say "a great lesson in life" because in just two other sessions in the route I ended up doing it thanks to a great desire. Anything can happen quickly in life."
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…
Just two fix 9a/+ FA by Pierre Le Cerf
Pierre Le Cerf, who previously has done six 9a’s and Punt X 9A+, has done the FA of Just two fix 9a/+ in Gorges du Loup. It is an 8b+ extension, bolted by Cedri…
Eagle-4 9b (a+) by Pierre Le Cerf
Pierre Le Cerf reports on Insta that he has repeated Adam Ondra's Eagle-4 (9b) in St Léger, giving it a personal 9a+ grade. It should be mentioned that Ondra h…
Pierre le Cerf signs up with six 9a's
Pierre Le Cerf, who did his first 9a+ last autumn, has done his fifth 9a, WRC in Castillon. "Demands a lot of endurance. It starts with an 8c+ (Alien Carnage) and finishes in a small 8a+ with twelve moves to get 9a." In his latest Insta post, the 20-year-old does a 28 second front lever in 28 mm pi…
Just two fix 9a/+ FA by Pierre Le Cerf
Pierre Le Cerf, who previously has done six 9a’s and Punt X 9A+, has done the FA of Just two fix 9a/+ in Gorges du Loup. It is an 8b+ extension, bolted by Cedri…
Eagle-4 9b (a+) by Pierre Le Cerf
Pierre Le Cerf reports on Insta that he has repeated Adam Ondra's Eagle-4 (9b) in St Léger, giving it a personal 9a+ grade. It should be mentioned that Ondra h…
Pierre le Cerf signs up with six 9a's
Pierre Le Cerf, who did his first 9a+ last autumn, has done his fifth 9a, WRC in Castillon. "Demands a lot of endurance. It starts with an 8c+ (Alien Carnage) and finishes in a small 8a+ with twelve moves to get 9a." In his latest Insta post, the 20-year-old does a 28 second front lever in 28 mm pi…
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…