Vertical-Life
Foundations Edge 8C by Teo Genecand
"I never thought I would be featured in an 8a.nu news one day, but since it’s happening I will use the platform to share a bit of wisdom with the (future) moms and dads climbers out there! I have two wonderful kids (Liv, born in 2016 and Noé born in 2018) and I love to spend as much time as possible with them and my wife Camille. With a full time job, this basically means a lot less climbing. But actually a reduced volume has been met with slow and steady progress! In training for climbing, less is more in my experience. Since 2015, I have been hang boarding once a week and bouldering for 2h once a week + climbing outside usually one day of the weekend when the weather allows (+holidays). Yesterday was quite exceptional, because I had to attend a hearing just next to Fionnay so I took advantage of that to climb there since I had already drove all the way down there.
The key for me was switching from long power endurance sessions (I was mainly route climbing until 2014) to short strength sessions with low volume of training. Now my level of strength has increased so much that the few times I route climbed during the last few years I feel better than before even with no endurance."
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…
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…
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…