James Webb setting new standards 2013

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18 December 2013

Here is the list of the 8a members that have at least 50 boulders 8A and harder the last year, including the number of flashes. Nobody have in the history of bouldering never come close to what James has done in 2013 and actually the most amazing figure is his 33 flashes. His previous record was six flashes and that is also close to the previous ever high score by anybody. It should also be noted that James is one of the guys who most frequent give personal grades and that he won the La Sportiva Legends in a superior style where the tripple world champion was #2. In 2014, James has said he plans to do some World Cups. It is also interesting to see that relatively unknown and 18 year old Samuel Ometz is #4. 8A and harder including (flashes) 129 (38 flashes) James Webb - USA 97 (0) Martin Stranik CZE 73 (1) Paul Robinson - USA 58 (3) Samuel Ometz - CHE 56 (3) Niccolo Ceria - ITA, 55 (1) Carlo Traversi, 54 (6) Daniel Woods - USA, 51 (2) Dave Graham - USA
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