Le pied à coulisse (8C) by Hugo Parmentier
"It is a great satisfaction and achievement to have lived fully and consciously this ascent during a weekend rich in successes. I did my first 8A+ flash Les Ombres d'Opalines (8A+) the day before. This is the result of several years dedicated to bouldering. About 4 or 5 years ago, I started to work on my weaknesses in order to pass a step in sport climbing that I was the most used to. It’s also a childhood dream to achieve an 8C boulder. Although it’s cliché, I’m learning to appreciate my path, to live well with failures, and frustrations, to live fully successes, to realize how lucky I am and also to congratulate myself on my choices. Long way to go 🤘 I’ve also done Le surplomb de la mée assis (8B+) the other day. For the next months, I have still some projects in the forest for this spring like the classic The Big Island (8C) and I’m currently training for the world cup circuit as well as some hard routes in south France."
The 24-year-old has been an active competition climber for some ten years and as a junior, he made it to the podium, three times in the World Championship. In the World Cup, his best result is #9.
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…
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…
Le pied à coulisse 8C (+) by Camille Coudert
Camille Coudert, who last year sent Soudain seul (9A), has done Le pied à coulisse 8C in Fontainebleau, Insta video. It was put up by Guillaume Glairon-Mondet a…
Les Ombres d'Opalines 8A+ by Sera Gearhardt
Sera Gearhardt has done Les Ombres d'Opalines 8A+ in Fontainebleau, which is 8B in the topo. “Last day best day for me! Screaming, shaking, crying, etc. Consens…
The Big Island 8C by Christoph Schweiger
Christoph Schweiger, who was #8 in the Euro Championship, has done The Big Island (8C) in Fontainebleau. "I tried the Island the first time 3 years ago for one …
Le pied à coulisse 8C (+) by Camille Coudert
Camille Coudert, who last year sent Soudain seul (9A), has done Le pied à coulisse 8C in Fontainebleau, Insta video. It was put up by Guillaume Glairon-Mondet a…
Les Ombres d'Opalines 8A+ by Sera Gearhardt
Sera Gearhardt has done Les Ombres d'Opalines 8A+ in Fontainebleau, which is 8B in the topo. “Last day best day for me! Screaming, shaking, crying, etc. Consens…
The Big Island 8C by Christoph Schweiger
Christoph Schweiger, who was #8 in the Euro Championship, has done The Big Island (8C) in Fontainebleau. "I tried the Island the first time 3 years ago for one …
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…
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…