La Bongada 8c+ by Iziar Martinez (17)
In total, the 17-year-old has worked the route for three weeks during two trips. Last week, she did Bongadita (8c) which shares the same finnish. On Insta she comments, "¡Last day last try! 🥳Didn’t expect that, I’m so proud of myself. It was really hard to be motivated all the journey, some days were really hard because I couldn’t move in the first boulder and sometimes I just didn’t know what to do (rest, give another attempt, wait for the conditions… )."
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…
Alex Megos reports on Instagram that after a disappointing performance at the Olympics, he traveled to Flatanger and in just five sessions he was able to compl…
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Bongadita 8c by Iziar Martinez (17)
Iziar Martinez has done Bongadita (8c) in Margalef. The 17-year-old needed more than 10 sessions for the send and says, ”It’s the hardest 8c I’ve done. It was l…
Another (Ramonet) grade roller coaster 8c to 9a back to 8c+
In 2012, Ramon Julian put up La Bongada in Margalef as an 8c. Then in 2014, Alex Megos repeated it and thought it was 9a. "When it was a project they thought it might be around 8c+/9a. Then Ramon did the first ascent of it calling it 8c. I repeated it and would definitely suggest 9a. It was nothing …
Two 9a's again by Alex Garriga
Alex Garriga has done La Bongada (9a) (giving it a personal 8c+ grade) and Wild Publico (9a) in Margalef. In total, the 23-year-old has now done 31 routes 8c+ a…
Bongadita 8c by Iziar Martinez (17)
Iziar Martinez has done Bongadita (8c) in Margalef. The 17-year-old needed more than 10 sessions for the send and says, ”It’s the hardest 8c I’ve done. It was l…
Another (Ramonet) grade roller coaster 8c to 9a back to 8c+
In 2012, Ramon Julian put up La Bongada in Margalef as an 8c. Then in 2014, Alex Megos repeated it and thought it was 9a. "When it was a project they thought it might be around 8c+/9a. Then Ramon did the first ascent of it calling it 8c. I repeated it and would definitely suggest 9a. It was nothing …
Two 9a's again by Alex Garriga
Alex Garriga has done La Bongada (9a) (giving it a personal 8c+ grade) and Wild Publico (9a) in Margalef. In total, the 23-year-old has now done 31 routes 8c+ a…
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…
Janja Garnbret reports with an Instagram video that she has done the first female ascent of Nalle Hukkataival's Bügeleisen sit-start (8C) in Maltatal. Two years…
Irmgard Braun, 72, ticks Le string à Fredo (7c)
Irmgard Braun, who was featured in an interview sending a 7c+ in 2021, has done Le string à Fredo (7c) in Gorges du Tarn. "This year I tried the route on six d…