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Ça chauffe 9a by Mathieu Bouyoud
the Frenchman is in the Top-20 list of climbers who have done the most 9a's and harder in the world. The somewhat under-the-radar 31-year-old has an even more impressive onsight ticklist with 81 onsights 8b to 8c.
How much do you work and how has it been possible to keep pushing hard for more than ten years?
I work 40 hours by week and this year with the covid I don't climb during the week. I climb only at the weekends. My job is to manage construction for the climbing gyms in France. I make the design and the drawing with the right dimensions of the building. I don't make training. My only training is to climb different style all the year and with the experience now is possible to make hard routes. And with a lot of motivation all is possible.
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…
Eva Hammelmüller does Métaphysique des tubes (8c) and two 8b+'s
Eva Hammelmüller has had a productive week in Seynes sending Métaphysique des tubes (8c) as well as ten more routes 8a to 8b. (c) Felix Mast "We decided to ch…
L'hygiène de l'assassin 9a FA by Hugo Parmentier
Hugo Parmentier, who has previously done eight routes 9a to 9b, has done the FA of L'hygiène de l'assassin in Seynes. ©2021 Aurèle Brémond "After having done …
Mathieu Bouyoud sends La novena enmienda (9a/+)
Mathieu Bouyoud has done La novena enmienda (9a/+) in Santa Linya. Can you tell us more about the ascent? When I saw Adam do it in 2008, I wanted to do it too.…
Eva Hammelmüller does Métaphysique des tubes (8c) and two 8b+'s
Eva Hammelmüller has had a productive week in Seynes sending Métaphysique des tubes (8c) as well as ten more routes 8a to 8b. (c) Felix Mast "We decided to ch…
L'hygiène de l'assassin 9a FA by Hugo Parmentier
Hugo Parmentier, who has previously done eight routes 9a to 9b, has done the FA of L'hygiène de l'assassin in Seynes. ©2021 Aurèle Brémond "After having done …
Mathieu Bouyoud sends La novena enmienda (9a/+)
Mathieu Bouyoud has done La novena enmienda (9a/+) in Santa Linya. Can you tell us more about the ascent? When I saw Adam do it in 2008, I wanted to do it too.…
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…