La Bongada 8c+ by Iziar Martinez (17)
9 January 2023
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… )."
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20 September 2023
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 …
12 January 2023
Open Your Mind 8c+ by Illya Bakhmet-Smolenskyi (17)
Illya Bakhmet-Smolenskyi has done Open your mind (8c+) in Santa Linya. The Ukrainian made his first 8a news at age eleven when he did his first three 8c’s as we…
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21 January 2023
Is onsight climbing on life support?
During the last few years, we have seen plenty of advancement when it comes to redpointing ability globally. In just the last three years, we saw close to 150 9a+ ascents which can be compared to only ten 9a+ ascents per year, last decade. Ten years ago, Alex Megos onsighted Estado critico (9a) but…
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30 December 2022
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…
EDITORIAL
20 January 2022
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 …
9 December 2021
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…
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30 December 2022
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…
EDITORIAL
20 January 2022
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 …
9 December 2021
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…
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14 April 2023
Will Bosi claims the first repeat of Burden of Dreams (9A)
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 …
6 September 2023
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 …
20 September 2023
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 …