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Matty Hong sends Biographie (9a+)
Biographie was bolted in 1989 by Jean-Christophe Lafaille and then in 1996 Arnaud Petit made it 2/3 up to a first anchor grading it 8c+. Five years later Chris Sharma made the FA of the full 35 meters line and the first anchor was removed. In total, it has now been repeated 19 times including one female ascent by Margo Hayes in 2017.
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…
Matt Segall sends Kryptonite, 9a
Matt Segal, world-class trad and big wall climber, has done Kryptonite (8c+) at The Fortress of Solitude. He first tried it in 2003 and then started working on it last year. Matt took a little time to answer a few questions we had. So basically, you came back 19 years later and started to project K…
Jonathan Siegrist does Jungle Boogie (9a+)
Jonathan Siegrist, who previously has done 70 routes 9a to 9b, has sent Jungle Boogie (9a+) in Céüse. Including also an onsight of Radote jolie pépère (8b) the …
Matty Hong and Biographie
Matty Hong did Biographie (9a+) in Céüse in May and here is the 8a interview.
Matt Segall sends Kryptonite, 9a
Matt Segal, world-class trad and big wall climber, has done Kryptonite (8c+) at The Fortress of Solitude. He first tried it in 2003 and then started working on it last year. Matt took a little time to answer a few questions we had. So basically, you came back 19 years later and started to project K…
Jonathan Siegrist does Jungle Boogie (9a+)
Jonathan Siegrist, who previously has done 70 routes 9a to 9b, has sent Jungle Boogie (9a+) in Céüse. Including also an onsight of Radote jolie pépère (8b) the …
Matty Hong and Biographie
Matty Hong did Biographie (9a+) in Céüse in May and here is the 8a interview.
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…