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Jorge Diaz-Rullo sends Catxasa 9a (+)
"Starting the year in the best way possible! I needed 5 days of work on the route and I felt like 9a+ but it’s definitely different how I did the crux with kneebar than how the other ascensionist did this crux, I decided to note us 9a/+."
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…
Catxasa 9a+ by Mateusz Haladaj
Mateusz Haladaj has done Catxasa (9a+) in Santa Linya. "Epic journey with this one. So close last year, this time unexpected. Steep, Savage, Complex, Hard, Lov…
Domen Škofic ticks Catxasa (9a+)
Domen Škofic, overall Lead World Cup winner in 2016, has climbed Catxasa (9a+) in Santa Linya. "Such a brutal climb, I’m proud I’ve done it! I tried the route t…
Catxasa 9a (+) by Gonzalo Larrocha (37)
Gonzalo Larrocha has repeated Chris Sharma's Catxasa (9a+) in Santa Linya, giving it a personal 9a grade. In total, the 37-year-old has done 24 routes 9a and h…
Catxasa 9a+ by Mateusz Haladaj
Mateusz Haladaj has done Catxasa (9a+) in Santa Linya. "Epic journey with this one. So close last year, this time unexpected. Steep, Savage, Complex, Hard, Lov…
Domen Škofic ticks Catxasa (9a+)
Domen Škofic, overall Lead World Cup winner in 2016, has climbed Catxasa (9a+) in Santa Linya. "Such a brutal climb, I’m proud I’ve done it! I tried the route t…
Catxasa 9a (+) by Gonzalo Larrocha (37)
Gonzalo Larrocha has repeated Chris Sharma's Catxasa (9a+) in Santa Linya, giving it a personal 9a grade. In total, the 37-year-old has done 24 routes 9a and h…
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…