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Sean Bailey opens Devilution (8C+)
”Everyone that comes out of the Milks normally walks through that boulder, we were trying it late in the day, we brought like twenty pads out there to do it so I'm already like a little stressed. I really don't want to have to get all these pads out here again, and I turn around and I'm like oh my goodness, there's like thirty, forty people out here. I want to get this thing done, it's getting dark...”
Earlier in the winter season, Sean flashed Slasher (8B), did the FA of The Doors of Perception (8C) and repeated Lucid Dreaming (8C). More details can be found on Sean's Instagram. The 27-year-old has been an active IFSC competition climber for over ten years and in 2021, he won one Boulder WC and two Lead WC's.
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…
Ethan Salvo (20) does Zazen (8C)
Ethan Salvo has made what seems to be the first post-hold-break ascent of Zazen (8C) in Squamish. Harry Robertson did the original FA of the line, as an 8B, bac…
Keenan Takahashi sent A Little Life (8B+) in Buttermilks, last December. "Simply stunning, perhaps my best moment ever climbing. Stoked for other people's thoughts... seemed pretty heinous albeit definitely morpho. One of the hardest highballs I'd reckon... go on youths, prove it ;)"
The boulder problems 5A to 8B with the most logged ascents
There are over 8.2 million ascents in the 8a database that could assist you in finding the best routes to try. Here's the list of the most popular boulders from…
Ethan Salvo (20) does Zazen (8C)
Ethan Salvo has made what seems to be the first post-hold-break ascent of Zazen (8C) in Squamish. Harry Robertson did the original FA of the line, as an 8B, bac…
Keenan Takahashi sent A Little Life (8B+) in Buttermilks, last December. "Simply stunning, perhaps my best moment ever climbing. Stoked for other people's thoughts... seemed pretty heinous albeit definitely morpho. One of the hardest highballs I'd reckon... go on youths, prove it ;)"
The boulder problems 5A to 8B with the most logged ascents
There are over 8.2 million ascents in the 8a database that could assist you in finding the best routes to try. Here's the list of the most popular boulders from…
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…