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Longue promesse 8C by Antoine Girard
"It’s a overhanging wall with slippery edges with a very nice dyno at the end. The hard part is to do the first move of the stand and manage to keep the tension in the heal hook till the last move. The sit start adds a 7C+ to the 8B stand. Nothing really hard but enough to make the upper part much harder. I spend five sessions on the stand start and I spent three sessions more to succeed in the sit start. It’s actually my first 8C. I made the first repetition three months after the FA of Nathan Michel. For the grade I think it’s a real 8C because I spent five sessions more than my other hard 8B+."
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…
The Finnish Line 8C by Antoine Girard
Antoine Girard has repeated Nalle Hukkataival's classic, in Rocklands. Video on his Insta. "It was in 2019, during my first trip to Rocklands I saw Finnish L…
Bouldering comic story up to 8B+
Antoine Girard reports from his latest trip including a nice funny video. "Instead of the Rockland trip schedule for august 2021which was cancelled due to the COVID crisis, I spent one month in Switzerland. 2 weeks in Gottardo to discover this Wonderfull area and 2 weeks in Magicwood trying to succe…
The Finnish Line 8C by Antoine Girard
Antoine Girard has repeated Nalle Hukkataival's classic, in Rocklands. Video on his Insta. "It was in 2019, during my first trip to Rocklands I saw Finnish L…
Bouldering comic story up to 8B+
Antoine Girard reports from his latest trip including a nice funny video. "Instead of the Rockland trip schedule for august 2021which was cancelled due to the COVID crisis, I spent one month in Switzerland. 2 weeks in Gottardo to discover this Wonderfull area and 2 weeks in Magicwood trying to succe…
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…