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Sera Gearhart sends Evil Backwards (8B)
Last week, 8a reported that she had given Carnage (8B) a personal 8A+ grade. Up until 2022, she had only done three 8A's, but over the last 18 months she's done 21 boulders 8A to 8B.
How would you explain your great gains over the last 1.5 years?
I really changed my approach to climbing about 2 years ago! Taylor [McNeill] was a huge influence. I started focusing more on specific goals rather than climbing as much as I could. I stopped training and rested way more and really started to focus on my mentality and tactics. I started climbing almost exclusively outside. I'm excited to take what I have learned and try adding a bit more strength and training back into my approach this summer, maybe it will lead to more of a level up!
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…
Katie Lamb puts down another two 8B's
Katie Lamb has done Evil Backwards (8B), and Death Trout (8B), both at Mt Evans. The 25-year-old has now done 22 boulders 8B to 8B+ and she extends her lead in the 8a ranking game where she has been #1 for more than two years.
Becket Hsin, 13, does his fourth and fifth 8B
Beckett Hsin has done Carnage (8B) in Guanella Pass and Evil Backwards (8B) in Mt Evans. In the 8a junior ranking game, the 13-year-old is #2. His brother and …
Sera Gearhart does Carnage 8B, calling it 8A+
Sera Gearhart has done Carnage (8B) in Guanella Pass, after trying it for just two sessions. Since 2022 she has done six 8A+'s and this was her first 8B but s…
Katie Lamb puts down another two 8B's
Katie Lamb has done Evil Backwards (8B), and Death Trout (8B), both at Mt Evans. The 25-year-old has now done 22 boulders 8B to 8B+ and she extends her lead in the 8a ranking game where she has been #1 for more than two years.
Becket Hsin, 13, does his fourth and fifth 8B
Beckett Hsin has done Carnage (8B) in Guanella Pass and Evil Backwards (8B) in Mt Evans. In the 8a junior ranking game, the 13-year-old is #2. His brother and …
Sera Gearhart does Carnage 8B, calling it 8A+
Sera Gearhart has done Carnage (8B) in Guanella Pass, after trying it for just two sessions. Since 2022 she has done six 8A+'s and this was her first 8B but s…
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…