Nine 8c to 9a+ in 7 days by Alex Megos

Alex Megos reports on Insta with a very impressive tick list from seven days climbing in St Léger: three 8c's, three 8c+'s and two 9a/+'s. He also did the FA of Et pour quelques dégaines de plus 9a+, bolted by Quentin Chastagnier. (c) Jenya Kazbekova

"On the first day, I went up one time in the sun, touched all the holds, didn't do any moves and came down again after 10 min. A few days later with more motivation, I tried it again twice. Came back the next day, went up once to check out one clip, then gave it a try half an hour later and did it."

How many tries did you need to take the others down?
Two 8c's second go after a close flash and the one 8c+ second go after a very close flash and the other routes second or third go. Some of the 8c and 8c+ I knew parts of. I did La Castagne 3rd try one day, 9a+ in the guidebook. I think 9a/+. Cadafist took 3 days, 9a in the guidebook. I think 9a/+.

In total, the 27-year-old has done some 95 routes 8c+/9a to 9c. Next up is the Bouldering World Cup in Meiringen in a month. Here is a short Olympic preparation interview from last month.