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Katie Lamb completes Decided (8B+)
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…
Deadlift (8B+) by Katie Lamb
Katie Lamb, who two weeks ago did the first female 8C+ boulder, has done Deadlift (8B+) in Squamish. The 26-year-old has now done seven 8B+'s in just over the last two years. She's had rapid progress, having broken into 8B and elite bouldering in 2020.
Narasaki flashes Gakido (8C+) and calls it 8B+
Tomoa Narasaki, one of the very best competition climbers during the last ten years, reports on Instagram that he has flashed Gakido (8C+) in Chigobutai. Narasa…
Ryohei Kameyama does Floatin (8C+)
Ryohei Kameyama has repeated Ryuichi Murai’s Floatin (8C+) in Mizugaki, which Florian Wientjes did the second ascent of last week.
Deadlift (8B+) by Katie Lamb
Katie Lamb, who two weeks ago did the first female 8C+ boulder, has done Deadlift (8B+) in Squamish. The 26-year-old has now done seven 8B+'s in just over the last two years. She's had rapid progress, having broken into 8B and elite bouldering in 2020.
Narasaki flashes Gakido (8C+) and calls it 8B+
Tomoa Narasaki, one of the very best competition climbers during the last ten years, reports on Instagram that he has flashed Gakido (8C+) in Chigobutai. Narasa…
Ryohei Kameyama does Floatin (8C+)
Ryohei Kameyama has repeated Ryuichi Murai’s Floatin (8C+) in Mizugaki, which Florian Wientjes did the second ascent of last week.
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…