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Distortion 8C+ FA by Drew Ruana
What is your next plan?
I’m going to the Arcteryx academy in Squamish. Then school starts and it’ll get cold for front range projects.
Are there any harder projects than Distortion?
I put a lot of work into some harder stuff but I’d like to do more v16s (8Cs) now.
Drew is a former successful competition climber who was #8 in the World Championship in 2019. He stopped competing after he failed to qualify for the Olympics. Since then the 22-year-old has been one of the very best boulderers in the world. In total, he has done more than 80 boulders 8B+ and harder. Here is an 8a interview with the full time Chemical engineering University student.
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…
The Ice Knife sit-start 8C+ by Drew Ruana
Drew Ruana, who previously has done four 8C+, reports on Insta that he has done The Ice Knife (sit-start) (8C+) in Guanella Pass, commenting that it is his hard…
Bookkeeping 8C+ FA by Drew Ruana
Drew Ruana reports on Insta that he has done the FA of Bookkeeping 8C+ in the Nomad cave. It is a 30 move roof link-up of an 8A, into an 8B+, into an 8A+. In th…
Drew Ruana (16) sends Le Cadre Nouvelle 9a and more
Drew Ruana has started his Euro trip amazingly good by sending Le Cadre Nouvelle 9a on his fifth try including two tries last year. (c) Kyle O'meara The 16 yea…
The Ice Knife sit-start 8C+ by Drew Ruana
Drew Ruana, who previously has done four 8C+, reports on Insta that he has done The Ice Knife (sit-start) (8C+) in Guanella Pass, commenting that it is his hard…
Bookkeeping 8C+ FA by Drew Ruana
Drew Ruana reports on Insta that he has done the FA of Bookkeeping 8C+ in the Nomad cave. It is a 30 move roof link-up of an 8A, into an 8B+, into an 8A+. In th…
Drew Ruana (16) sends Le Cadre Nouvelle 9a and more
Drew Ruana has started his Euro trip amazingly good by sending Le Cadre Nouvelle 9a on his fifth try including two tries last year. (c) Kyle O'meara The 16 yea…
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…