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Siara Fabbri does Forever More sit start (8A+)
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We came back to Ticino after a long time away and I was psyched to try this line! Fun climbing on smooth holds next to the river, with some crimps and a mantle. The process on this boulder was really nice. In my eyes, the first 2 moves (to arrive at the crimp) are the hardest and then it is fine after that. These 2 moves initially felt weird and difficult but ended up being technical, where drop knee, full crimp, and squeezing the pinch at first instead of crimping (focus on where to apply force) made them feel natural. Motivated to one day have this so intuitive to be able to flash a boulder like this!
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…
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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…
Alma Bestvater does Forever More Sit Start 8A (+)
Alma Bestvater has done Forever More sit start (8A+) in Brione, logging it as an 8A. The 27-year-old had been doing IFSC competitions for ten years straight up …
Jenny Buckley makes quick work of Forever More Sit (8A+)
Jenny Buckley, who did her first 8A at age 13, has sent Forever More sit start (8A+) in Brione. In 2023, the 16-year-old did ten IFSC Youth Comps and her worst …
Michaela Kiersch does Forever More (sit) 8A+
Michaela Kiersch reports with an Insta video that she has done Forever More sit start (8A+) in Brione. She has now done nine boulders 8A to 8A+ in the last ten …
Alma Bestvater does Forever More Sit Start 8A (+)
Alma Bestvater has done Forever More sit start (8A+) in Brione, logging it as an 8A. The 27-year-old had been doing IFSC competitions for ten years straight up …
Jenny Buckley makes quick work of Forever More Sit (8A+)
Jenny Buckley, who did her first 8A at age 13, has sent Forever More sit start (8A+) in Brione. In 2023, the 16-year-old did ten IFSC Youth Comps and her worst …
Michaela Kiersch does Forever More (sit) 8A+
Michaela Kiersch reports with an Insta video that she has done Forever More sit start (8A+) in Brione. She has now done nine boulders 8A to 8A+ in the last ten …
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…