La Proue 8B and Kings of Sonlerto 8A+ (B) by Brooke Raboutou
16 January 2022
The 20-year-old made her first headlines on 8a in 2010 doing her first 8a route as well as her first 7C+. Last year was Brooke’s best ever. In the Boulder World Cup she twice made the podium and in her only Lead events, she was #2 in a World Cup and #5 in the World Championship. Outdoors, she did one 8B+ and flashed her first 8A+.
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Stylish 8A+ to 8B+ video by Brooke Raboutou
Brooke Raboutou, who was #5 in the Olympics, presents a great video from her Ticino trip earlier this winter when she did Kings of Sonlerto 8A+, La Proue (8B), Heritage 8B (+) and Iur (8B+). On friday she will compete in the Bouldering WC in Meiringen as one of the favorites trying to defend her #4 …
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Two 8Cs by Aidan Roberts and Yannick Flohé
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Lomba's 9b knee pad technique and leg strength story
In the Eder Lomba video of Rainman 9b, we can see that he stays in a kneebar from 3:50 - 7:10, and short parts of it, "no hands rest". Steve McClure did the FA …
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Eder Lomba does Rainman 9b
Steve McClure put up Rainman 9b at Malham in 2017 after projecting it for 128 days. It is considered the hardest route in Britain and now Eder Lomba has done the first repeat. It is a link-up that goes through the crux of Rainshadow 9a and then into Batman 9a before finishing up Bat Route 8c. Intere…
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Three girls injured on the same move in SLC
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Stylish 8A+ to 8B+ video by Brooke Raboutou
Brooke Raboutou, who was #5 in the Olympics, presents a great video from her Ticino trip earlier this winter when she did Kings of Sonlerto 8A+, La Proue (8B), Heritage 8B (+) and Iur (8B+). On friday she will compete in the Bouldering WC in Meiringen as one of the favorites trying to defend her #4 …
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Franks's Wild Years 8A+ by Alma Bestvater
Alma Bestvater has done Frank's wild years (8A+) as well as Ponk (8A) in Ticino, Insta video. The 25-year-old German is an active competition climber who had her best year in 2018 when she was #10 overall in the World Cup. Last year she was #9 in the Euro Combined Championship.
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Two 8Cs by Aidan Roberts and Yannick Flohé
Aidan Roberts has done the FA of Everything the Light Touches (8C) and the second ascent of Kim Marschner's Forgotten G (8C) in Ticino. Yannick Flohé has repeat…
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Seb Bouin and his (9c) grading
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Eder Lomba does Rainman 9b
Steve McClure put up Rainman 9b at Malham in 2017 after projecting it for 128 days. It is considered the hardest route in Britain and now Eder Lomba has done the first repeat. It is a link-up that goes through the crux of Rainshadow 9a and then into Batman 9a before finishing up Bat Route 8c. Intere…
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Lomba's 9b knee pad technique and leg strength story
In the Eder Lomba video of Rainman 9b, we can see that he stays in a kneebar from 3:50 - 7:10, and short parts of it, "no hands rest". Steve McClure did the FA …