Eddie Fowke has asked the question on his Insta where many celebs give their view. Personally I think you can do just as you want, including also adding a squat (in the middle), which would mean you would have to add both a name and a grade to your FA creation. Climbing is about challenging yourselves as much as possible. On the other hand, when it comes to making and drawing official topos, the focus should be on quality rather than creating several variations of a boulder. If it is just for the grade and just one or two moves are added, possibly no added sit or stand variation is needed. The Wheel of Life 9a/8C? seems to have several different graded/named sections. So back to an answer to the question in the headline. Sure, it exists but possible it has no merit to the topo if it not adds a nice high-quality challenge.

Zander Waller, #8 in the Lead Youth WCH, has done Dancing Queen 8B in Dayton pocket. In the 17-year-old ranking game, he is #3. (c) Lohan Lizin What do you like the most in your climbing life? I love high intensity comps, and hard outdoor days. The comp pressure makes me perform either at my worst or best, which i think is a good challenge, and nothing beats bouldering/sport climbing with friends and family.

Vadim Timonov, #3 in the European Ch. this summer, is about to set a new standard having done six boulders originally graded 8C in just two weeks. Yesterday he did, The Story Of 2 Worlds 8C in Cresciano. (c) Leo Zhukov Please explain your peak performance? Any secrets you can share? I was preparing a little different scheme for this trip although nothing special, just different exercises. I do not have a training plan. I don’t have any secrets. I have it on Insta ;)

8a.nu begun reporting climbing news in December 1999. Here is a draft that has been making the most impressive and continues headlines in the last 20 years. 1. Adam Ondra 2. Angela Eiter 3. Chris Sharma 4. Dave Graham 5. Ramonet Puigblanque 6. Barbara Zangerl 7. Dai Koyamada 8. Daniel Woods 9. Akiyo Noguchi 10. Alex Puccio, Jakob Schubert, Anna Stöhr, Sean McColl, Edu Marin, Jorg Verhoeven, Muriel Sarkany, Dani Andrada, Patxi Usobiaga, Gabri Moroni, Stefano Ghisolfi, Fred Nicole, Yuji Hirayama, Kilian Fischhuber, Iker Pou, Nalle Hukkataival, Jain Kim, Sandrine Levet, Charlotte Durif, Romain Desgranges, Guillaume Mondet, Dmitrii Sharafutdinov, Mina Markovic, Janja Garnbret, Toni Lamprecht, James Webb, Sebastien Bouin, Sasha Digiulian, Jernej Kruder, Martin Stranik, Alizee Dufraisse, Anak Verhoeven,

Vadim Timonov, who the last week has done two 8C's and two 8B+', has done a very quick repeat of Fred Nicole's Arzak in Murgtal suggesting it to be 8B+. "I did fall in the middle on my first attempt. After I did all moves on the second part with one attempt. Then it was second go from the start." The Russian has posted a video on his Insta. "Now I’m in Ticino and I will try all hard boulders. I hope after a rest day you can see a lot of news ;)"

Stefano Carnati, who previously in December has done two 8C boulders, has changed arena by doing Chris Sharma's Demencia senil 9a+ in Margalef. (c) Marco Zanone "So immensely happy to climb this line that had always been stuck in my mind since the day I saw it years ago and watched Chris’ video on Progression! Did its right version “llamps i trons” two years ago in 5 tries and spent another couple of days trying the upper part but felt too week. Tried again for three days on a mini trip two weeks ago and came close. Back today and... it happened!!!"

We give more credit to the ones doing many ascents in different disciplines as well as FAs. MP's and trad climbs have less impact on the ranking. 1. Adam Ondra 2. Tomoa Narasaki 3. Janja Garnbret 4. Jakob Schubert 5. Sebastien Bouin 6. Barbara Zangerl 7. Alex Megos 8. Jorge Diaz-Rullo 9. Jernej Kruder 10. Alberto Gines Lopez, Laura Rogora, Isabelle Faus, Stefano Ghisolfi, Matt Fulz, James Webb, Daniel Woods, Giuliano Cameroni, Kai Harada, Kokoro Fujii, Miho Nonaka, Lucka Rakovec, Sean McColl, Akiyo Noguchi, Chaehyon Seo, Solveig Korherr, Shauna Coxsey, Alex Puccio, Oriane Bertone, Jan Hojer, Vadim Timonov, Karoline Sinnhuber, Natsuki Tani, Mia Krampl, Ai Mori, Julia Chanourdie, Jessica Pilz, Rudolph Ruana, Yannick Flohe, Martin Stranik, Dave Graham, Alizee Dufraisse, Tina Johnson Hafsaas, Yushiyuki Ogata, Jernej Kruder, Domen Skofic, Margo Hayes, Michaela Kirsch, Jonathan Siegrist, Alex Garriga, Piotr Schaab, Christof Rauch, Paul Robinson, Stefano Carnati, Martina Demmel, Jonathan Flor, Caroline Sinno, Katherine Choong, Gabriela Vrablikova, Emma Twyford, Matilda Söderlund, Molly Thompson Smith

Seb Bouin, who previously in 2019 has done seven routes 9a+ to 9b/+, has made the FA of The Dream 9b in Brar in Albania, which Adam Ondra bolted. (c) Tchalo Productions "We spent one month here to develop the place. We bolted 11 new lines on this wall. The route is around 50meters, and it's pure endurance with a Crux on pinches. There is one crimpy move where I fell. This is a dream route for the 9b climbers for sure :)" As it stands Seb Bouin is the male rock climber of 2019. His 2020 plans starts with Spain in the winter and then Jumbo Love 9b in the spring.