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Colin Duffy sends Bookkeeping (8C+)
"Climbs Off the Books (8A) into Spidey (8B+), finishing on No Way Home (8A+). Despite being a linkup, the movement is quite nice and it flows well. Did not expect to send this one at all, I just had one of those days where everything was clicking and I was able to execute. As far as the grade, I don't have much input because it is extremely my style and I haven't tried any other hard boulders in this style. A route grade might be equally as appropriate as a boulder grade for this one. Hopefully, this thing can get more repeats in the future!"
The 19-year-old has previously done four 8B+ boulders and two 9a's. In the Olympics, he was #7 but mathematically speaking, if he had not false started by a mere 0.005 seconds in Speed, he would have won the gold. Last year, he won both Lead and Boulder in the Innsbruck World Cup.
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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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…
Isabelle Faus strikes again with Spidey, (8B+)!
Isabelle Faus made a spring-time, low-profile ascent of, Spidey (8B+) in Clear Creek Canyon. The 30-year-old, who did her first 8B+ in 2015, has now done seven, and says on Youtube that she thinks this one is the hardest boulder she has ever done. "Spidey gets harder with every move, the first half …
Drew Ruana has done three 8Cs (+) in the last two weeks!
Drew Ruana reports on Insta that in just the last two weeks he has done three 8Cs (+) in Clear Creek Canyon (CO). He started off by repeating Daniel Woods' Ever…
Two Colorado 8B+'s for Colin Duffy (19)
Colin Duffy, #3 8a Competition Climber in 2022, has the last week done one 8B, Breeding Puppies (8B+) in Secret Garden and The Phoenix (8B+) in Bear Lake Road. …
Isabelle Faus strikes again with Spidey, (8B+)!
Isabelle Faus made a spring-time, low-profile ascent of, Spidey (8B+) in Clear Creek Canyon. The 30-year-old, who did her first 8B+ in 2015, has now done seven, and says on Youtube that she thinks this one is the hardest boulder she has ever done. "Spidey gets harder with every move, the first half …
Drew Ruana has done three 8Cs (+) in the last two weeks!
Drew Ruana reports on Insta that in just the last two weeks he has done three 8Cs (+) in Clear Creek Canyon (CO). He started off by repeating Daniel Woods' Ever…
Two Colorado 8B+'s for Colin Duffy (19)
Colin Duffy, #3 8a Competition Climber in 2022, has the last week done one 8B, Breeding Puppies (8B+) in Secret Garden and The Phoenix (8B+) in Bear Lake Road. …
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…