Jon Cardwell Interview
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…
9a by Jon Cardwell
Jon Cardwell has done his first 9a, Kinematix in Gorges du Loup. It might be interesting to know that the world's most repeated 9a is chipped with artificial holds. Kinematix was put up by Andreas Bindhammer in 2001. It links Total Eclatch, 8c to Honk, 8b+.
8B+ by Jon Cardwell
Jon Cardwell has done the fifth repeat of Ode to the Modern Man 8B+ at Mount Evans, CO. The great problem was put up by Daniel Woods in 2006.
8c+ by Jon Cardwell
Jon Cardwell has done The crew, 8c+ in Rifle. Jon is #7 in the combined world ranking.
9a by Jon Cardwell
Jon Cardwell has done his first 9a, Kinematix in Gorges du Loup. It might be interesting to know that the world's most repeated 9a is chipped with artificial holds. Kinematix was put up by Andreas Bindhammer in 2001. It links Total Eclatch, 8c to Honk, 8b+.
8B+ by Jon Cardwell
Jon Cardwell has done the fifth repeat of Ode to the Modern Man 8B+ at Mount Evans, CO. The great problem was put up by Daniel Woods in 2006.
8c+ by Jon Cardwell
Jon Cardwell has done The crew, 8c+ in Rifle. Jon is #7 in the combined world ranking.
William Bosi has done the coveted second ascent of Nalle Hukkataival's Burden of Dreams (9A) in Lappnor, Finland, confirming the 9A grade. It was put up as the …
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 …