Joe Blau 8c+ by Anna Liina Laitinen

Matty Hong reports on Instagram with this great picture that his girlfriend Anna Liina Laitinen has done Joe Blau in Oliana which was is her second 8c+. After the Fin had done her first 8c+ in Dec 2016, she commented to 8a. How can you explain your fast progress in the last year? Travelling, training and the company I've been climbing with. One year ago I started training a lot, more than ever. But the progress is not only explained by training hard but the biggest improvement has been in a mental part of climbing and caused by just climbing a lot in a different places, different routes, and pushing myself to a situations I'm not feeling the most comfortable with. The company I've spent time and traveled have had a huge impact to my climbing as well. When your friends are climbing hard you naturally start trying harder routes. And I'm sure I wouldn't climb this hard without my positive boyfriend Matty Hong who's super psyched as well. Being super motivated and psyched to climb is my secret. And there's no end for it which is scary!