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Entrevista com Alex Honnold
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…
Honnold soloed The Phoenix 7c+ in 2006
Alex Honnold soloed in 2006, on his 2nd go as marked in his logbook. It should be mentioned that 8a has a policy to not make news about solo climbing as we do not want to encourage this in order to get a headline. However, over the years, we have sometimes made exceptions for Honnold as these news …
Honnold makes 3rd ascent of The Promise
Alex Honnold has made the 3rd ascent of the much debated The Promise at Burbage. Alex registered the route as an 8b trad, commenting that he felt it warrants E8 7a and that he used pads. The FA graded it as an 8c, E10. Alex is perhaps best known for his very fast free solo ascent of the Moonlight bu…
Honnold and Co. repeats El Niño
Alex Honnold has, after taking a few weeks building up his endurance, moved his game from the short grit routes of the UK, to the the bigwall of El Cap, Yosemit…
Honnold soloed The Phoenix 7c+ in 2006
Alex Honnold soloed in 2006, on his 2nd go as marked in his logbook. It should be mentioned that 8a has a policy to not make news about solo climbing as we do not want to encourage this in order to get a headline. However, over the years, we have sometimes made exceptions for Honnold as these news …
Honnold makes 3rd ascent of The Promise
Alex Honnold has made the 3rd ascent of the much debated The Promise at Burbage. Alex registered the route as an 8b trad, commenting that he felt it warrants E8 7a and that he used pads. The FA graded it as an 8c, E10. Alex is perhaps best known for his very fast free solo ascent of the Moonlight bu…
Honnold and Co. repeats El Niño
Alex Honnold has, after taking a few weeks building up his endurance, moved his game from the short grit routes of the UK, to the the bigwall of El Cap, Yosemit…
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…