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Anak Verhoeven redpoints La Planta de Shiva (9b)
Verhoeven is statistically speaking one of the most successful female Lead competition climbers. She made finals, at the World Cup, 36 times in a row, and the podium on 19 occasions, but in 2019 she stopped competing due to injuries. In 2021, she made a full recoverey but decided to focus solely on rock climbing. During her active comp years, she did a dozen routes 8c+ to 9a+, and post-competing the 27-year-old has added another dozen routes graded 9a to 9b to her tally.
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…
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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…
Anak Verhoeven’s story of climbing a 9b twice
Anak Verhoeven sent La Planta de Shiva (9b) last month, twice. Here is her story. (c) Jona Oberle “This spring I traveled to Villanueva del Rosario in Spain w…
Andrine Skilbrei does La Rubia (8c+)
Andrine Skilbrei started climbing at age 19 and now seven years later she has done La Rubia (8c+) in Villanueva del Rosario after only some ten odd sessions. (c…
Marwin Winkler ticks Chilam Salsera (9a)
Marwin Winkler, who did two 9a’s in 2019, has completed Chilam Salsera (9a) in Villanueva del Rosario. Can you tell us more about the ascent? Chilam Salsera* co…
Anak Verhoeven’s story of climbing a 9b twice
Anak Verhoeven sent La Planta de Shiva (9b) last month, twice. Here is her story. (c) Jona Oberle “This spring I traveled to Villanueva del Rosario in Spain w…
Andrine Skilbrei does La Rubia (8c+)
Andrine Skilbrei started climbing at age 19 and now seven years later she has done La Rubia (8c+) in Villanueva del Rosario after only some ten odd sessions. (c…
Marwin Winkler ticks Chilam Salsera (9a)
Marwin Winkler, who did two 9a’s in 2019, has completed Chilam Salsera (9a) in Villanueva del Rosario. Can you tell us more about the ascent? Chilam Salsera* co…
Katie Lamb makes history
Katie Lamb has become the first woman to climb 8C+ by completing Box Therapy (8C) in RMNP (Misc/Unsorted). Daniel Woods made the FA back in 2018, and only Drew …
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…