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Iziar Martinez and Alex Totkova send Pal Este (8c)
Martinez: “So after the comps, I wanted to do something a little bit hard and I was in Margalef with Alex Totkova. We were together on the project and she did it super easily but I had to give it more tries. I'm really happy because I thought I wasn’t in the best shape after resting for 3 weeks so it was a big surprise. The route is pure endurance and I loved it. It’s an amazing line.”
Totkova: “I could do the route from my second attempt, but the first day of climbing I didn’t climb the route to the top(only one attempt)😅 On the next day I was angry with myslef, because of the day before… so I wanted to send it, no matter what. I am super happy that I sent the route together with Ichi. Also it is really motivated [me] to climb with this amazing girl. :)”
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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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…
Michaela Kirsch does Era Vella (9a)
Michaela Kirsch has repeated Chris Sharma’s classic five-star climb, Era Vella (9a) at Margalef, after trying it for roughly seven sessions. It was put up 2010 …
Jorge Diaz-Rullo does three routes 9a and beyond in one week
Jorge Diaz-Rullo has had a busy week doing three 9a's and harder link-ups, out of which two were first ascents. In Santa Linya he did Direct into your Fabelita …
Michaela Kiersch does Victimes del Futur (9a)
Michaela Kiersch, who over the last ten days has done an 8b+, 8c, 8c+ and 9a, has added to that list with a redpoint of Victimes del futur (9a) in Margalef. (c…
Michaela Kirsch does Era Vella (9a)
Michaela Kirsch has repeated Chris Sharma’s classic five-star climb, Era Vella (9a) at Margalef, after trying it for roughly seven sessions. It was put up 2010 …
Jorge Diaz-Rullo does three routes 9a and beyond in one week
Jorge Diaz-Rullo has had a busy week doing three 9a's and harder link-ups, out of which two were first ascents. In Santa Linya he did Direct into your Fabelita …
Michaela Kiersch does Victimes del Futur (9a)
Michaela Kiersch, who over the last ten days has done an 8b+, 8c, 8c+ and 9a, has added to that list with a redpoint of Victimes del futur (9a) in Margalef. (c…
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…