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First 8B by Jan De Smit (36)
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…
8B by Jan de Smit (41) in Rocklands
Jan De Smit, who started climbing in 1990 and was the Belgian Champion in 2013, is in his best shape ever, being 41 years old. In the last week he has done 13 …
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Jan De Smithas uploaded some very nice videos of him doing hard and nice boulders. The same goes for the progress the last year for the 36-year-old.
8B+ in Font by Jan De Smit (43)
Jan De Smit has done his first 8B+ Mécanique élémentaire in Fontainebleau. It should be noted that last year was his best, being 42 years old, doing two 8B's. "Even after thirty years of climbing I am still learning. Climbing hard over forty is difficult but not impossible, if you are mindful in y…
8B by Jan de Smit (41) in Rocklands
Jan De Smit, who started climbing in 1990 and was the Belgian Champion in 2013, is in his best shape ever, being 41 years old. In the last week he has done 13 …
Upload your videos in the scorecard
Jan De Smithas uploaded some very nice videos of him doing hard and nice boulders. The same goes for the progress the last year for the 36-year-old.
8B+ in Font by Jan De Smit (43)
Jan De Smit has done his first 8B+ Mécanique élémentaire in Fontainebleau. It should be noted that last year was his best, being 42 years old, doing two 8B's. "Even after thirty years of climbing I am still learning. Climbing hard over forty is difficult but not impossible, if you are mindful in y…
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…