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Mattéo Soulé, 16, sends La guerre des Wolfs (9a+)
"It's very hard both physically and mentally since the crux is at the top of the route. I would say it is an 8c+/9a start into a bad rest on a big inverted hold, followed by a crux which must be worth perhaps an 8A boulder. It's clearly the hardest route I've ever done and invested so much."
Can you tell us more about the Black Wolf project?
You have to do an 8c+ approach to get to the first crux which in my opinion is not far from an 8A+/B boulder, then you do an 8B boulder to get to a bad rest and then do the 8A boulder that I also did. This is the hardest route I have ever tried. I think it's at least 9b but possibly harder. It is 25 meters long.
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…
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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…
Sonawolf 9a FA by Matteo Soule (15)
Matteo Soule has done the FA of Sonawolf (9a) in La verrière. The 15-year-old did his first 9a this spring. At age 13, he did the FA of Dieu Merci in Gorges du …
Katherine Choong does Les Nerfs à Vifs (8c+)
Katherine Choong has done Les Nerfs à Vifs 8c+ in La verrière. The 31-year-old is a former competition climber and already has two 9a’s and several hard MP’s up…
Mattéo Soulé, who last year did his first two 9a's, has made the FA of Trois pattes dans la chouffe (9a) in Gorges du Tarn, video. Can you tell us more about…
Sonawolf 9a FA by Matteo Soule (15)
Matteo Soule has done the FA of Sonawolf (9a) in La verrière. The 15-year-old did his first 9a this spring. At age 13, he did the FA of Dieu Merci in Gorges du …
Katherine Choong does Les Nerfs à Vifs (8c+)
Katherine Choong has done Les Nerfs à Vifs 8c+ in La verrière. The 31-year-old is a former competition climber and already has two 9a’s and several hard MP’s up…
Mattéo Soulé, who last year did his first two 9a's, has made the FA of Trois pattes dans la chouffe (9a) in Gorges du Tarn, video. Can you tell us more about…
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…