Sera Gearhart ticks Marked for Death (8A+)
”Tay [McNeill] put up this boulder by doing a huge move. Since then, it's been done a few times in different ways. I was able to find a way that centered around using a really small sharp right-hand edge. It was hard to get good conditions for this boulder since it was so skin intensive, but I was able to do it with heavy use of the Makita fan. Really psyched to be climbing so many cool boulders this fall in the southeast!”
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…
Sera Gearhart ticks Senderella Right Sit (8A+)
Sera Gearhart has done Senderella Right (sit) (8A+) at 221. This was her sixth boulder problem graded 8A+ to 8B in 2023. “This boulder has one hard, super aw…
Sera Gearhart sends Morphine (8B)
Sera Gearhart, who previously has done ten boulders 8A+ or 8B, has sent Morphine (8B) at 221. "It took me 4 sessions. I went after work in the dark one day to t…
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…
Sera Gearhart ticks Senderella Right Sit (8A+)
Sera Gearhart has done Senderella Right (sit) (8A+) at 221. This was her sixth boulder problem graded 8A+ to 8B in 2023. “This boulder has one hard, super aw…
Sera Gearhart sends Morphine (8B)
Sera Gearhart, who previously has done ten boulders 8A+ or 8B, has sent Morphine (8B) at 221. "It took me 4 sessions. I went after work in the dark one day to t…
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…
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…
Michaela Kiersch completes Dreamtime (8C)
Michaela Kiersch has repeated Fred Nicole’s classical Dreamtime (8C) in Cresciano. The Doctor in Hand Therapy has now completed 17 boulders graded 8B or harder,…
Irmgard Braun, 72, ticks Le string à Fredo (7c)
Irmgard Braun, who was featured in an interview sending a 7c+ in 2021, has done Le string à Fredo (7c) in Gorges du Tarn. "This year I tried the route on six d…