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La Proue 8B and Kings of Sonlerto 8A+ (B) by Brooke Raboutou
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+.
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…
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 …
Heritage 8B (+) and two 8A+ by Camilla Moroni
Camilla Moroni, who previously the last five weeks has done four 8A+, has sent Heritage (8B+) in Valle Bavona, calling it 8B. Video on her Insta. “I'm really h…
La Proue 8B by Camilla Moroni
Camilla Moroni has done Fred Nicole’s classic from 1998, La Proue (8B) in Cresciano. ” I managed to send it in 3 sessions between the trainings.”The 21-year-old has during the last four weeks done six boulders 8A+ and 8B, in spite of having started training for the 2023 comp season. In 2021, she got…
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 …
Heritage 8B (+) and two 8A+ by Camilla Moroni
Camilla Moroni, who previously the last five weeks has done four 8A+, has sent Heritage (8B+) in Valle Bavona, calling it 8B. Video on her Insta. “I'm really h…
La Proue 8B by Camilla Moroni
Camilla Moroni has done Fred Nicole’s classic from 1998, La Proue (8B) in Cresciano. ” I managed to send it in 3 sessions between the trainings.”The 21-year-old has during the last four weeks done six boulders 8A+ and 8B, in spite of having started training for the 2023 comp season. In 2021, she got…
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…