www.8a.nu - 10 year anniversary

Jens: 10 years ago I started 8a.nu as a personal blog reporting; my First Ascents, training articles and stories from the Swedish Junior national team etc. Weekly, I also expressed opinions on chipping, competition format, grading and ethics etc. Together with the webmaster Leif Jägerbrand, see picture, the scorecard (which promotes OS) was invented. At that time, everyone incl. the media was focusing on redpoint. Today, 1.3 million 8a ascents (55 % onsights). The traffic and the interest from the sponsors have increased dramatically just during the last few months. Prana, Edelrid, Salewa, La Sportiva and Sterling have all signed up for one year contract. We are discussing pro-longing with Mammut & Petzl. For the historical article in the 8a yearbook the following legends have told us to contribute: Heinz Zak (the first professional climbing photographer), Jibe Tribout, Lynn Hill, Fred Nicole, Steve McClure, Jerry Moffat, Yuji Hirayama, Alan Watts, Christian Griffith and Alex Huber etc. And for 2010, we aim to publish the Ulimate Coffe Table book doing a road trip visting the 100 best destinations presenting the Top-500 best crags around the Globe!