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Tyler Thompson does Planet Garbage (9a)
Later the 21-year-old has also sent two 8c+ (9a); Fat Camp and Bad Girls Club. During the last 13 months, Tyler has sent 13 routes 8c+ and harder which can be compared with only one, prior to that.
How can you explain your great progress the last year?
I think my training and current form lined up really well with my goals and the trip I’ve been on. I’ve spent the last 2 months climbing around Colorado and Utah and am finishing up my trip in Rifle, where most of my goals were at. I’ve been training for a long time but these past few months I’ve focused in on projecting various limestone routes, all of which are pretty power endurance oriented. I think spending that amount of time climbing on rock and building a base of similar style routes before ultimately picking projects worked really well for me.
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…
La Rambla 9a+ by Chaehyun Seo (19)
Chaehyeon Seo has done the second female ascent, after Margo Hayes, of La Rambla (9a+) in Siurana. (c) Bernardo Gimenez How many sessions did it take and what w…
The Crew 8c+ by Delaney Miller
Delaney Miller reports on Insta that she has done The Crew (8c+) in Rifle (CO). (c) James Lucas "The route meant a lot to me. I started working on it last year…
Kinder Cakes 9a+ by Jonathan Siegrist
Jonathan Siegrist has made the first repeat of Joel Kinder's Kinder Cakes (9a+) in Rifle (CO). "Intense and very physical roof climbing from the depths of the S…
La Rambla 9a+ by Chaehyun Seo (19)
Chaehyeon Seo has done the second female ascent, after Margo Hayes, of La Rambla (9a+) in Siurana. (c) Bernardo Gimenez How many sessions did it take and what w…
The Crew 8c+ by Delaney Miller
Delaney Miller reports on Insta that she has done The Crew (8c+) in Rifle (CO). (c) James Lucas "The route meant a lot to me. I started working on it last year…
Kinder Cakes 9a+ by Jonathan Siegrist
Jonathan Siegrist has made the first repeat of Joel Kinder's Kinder Cakes (9a+) in Rifle (CO). "Intense and very physical roof climbing from the depths of the 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…