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Isabelle Faus has done her 21st 8B, Jerimiah Low Start in Coal creek. Including also three 8B+ she is #2 in the All Time High ranking after Alex Puccio.

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Il Colonel SDS 8B+ (C) by Bernd Zangerl (40)
40 year old Bernd Zangerl has made the FA of Il Colonel SDS 8B+ (C) in the Italian region of Piemont, after some 15 days projecting since 2015. Since years he is regularly visiting Val di Orco, putting up numerous hard first ascents in the valley. The SDS consists of two super powerful movements, leading into the existing 8A+ standstart. "The line on this diamond shaped boulder is one of the best climbs I ever did - this alpine granite rock is just unique", Video. (c) Stefan Kรผrzi

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Carnage 8B (A+) by Alex Puccio
Alex Puccio has done Carnage 8B (A+) in Guanella Pass. In total, she has now done 189 boulders 8A and harder. (c) Cameron Maier "The beginning thats not suppose to be the hard part was the hardest for me since I am a bit too short to make the knee bar work properly and I had to add a few more harder moves in the beginning due to the moves being too reachy. Soft 8B for me personally due to the added hard moves and the reachy moves?"

The Finnish Line 8C by James Webb
James Webb reports on Insta that he has done Nalle Hukkataival's classical The Finnish Line 8C in Rocklands. (c) Keenan Takahashi James says this was his number one goal in Rocklands and he says it is one of the best in the world. The 31 year old is #1 in the ranking game and once it has been added to his scorecard, he sets another new All time high score.

Great Line - Number One direct
โ€œNumber One directโ€ (7b+) is located in the โ€œGraue Wandโ€ sector of the โ€˜Schleierwasserfallโ€™ waterfall climbing area. The 30-metre long sports climbing route runs along a south-facing limestone rock face. The challenging route on the slightly overhanging rock requires nimble footwork in the lower section with some far reaches and large holds, as well as smaller fingerholes in the upper part of the climb. The climb is surrounded by a beautiful mountain panorama with the spectacular โ€˜Schleierwasserfallโ€™ waterfall right next door. The climbing area is located in the Wilder Kaiser Mountain Range. All these characteristics contributed to "Number One direct" being voted one of the Great Lines at Climbers Paradise Tirol by a panel of experts. ยฉTirol Werbung / Mair Johannes

Black Sheep 9a FA by BJ Tilden (38)
BJ Tilden has done Black Sheep which is his fourth 9a FA and also his fifth 8c+ or harder FA at Wolf Point. "The route is actually a link-up. Each piece took a whole season on its own. The start is called Sheep Eye. It's a hard 8c that I bolted and climbed 5 years ago. It look the whole spring season to send. The Black Streak is a route called God of War 8c+. I climbed that route 2 years ago and it took the whole fall season. I started trying the link last fall. I spent about four weeks on it and fell off the last move 10 times. This spring the crag opened late due to lots of snow. We only had five days in there. I fell on the last move another 6 times. I'm pretty sure yesterday was the last chance before it got too hot."

The Lead World Cup starts 4/7 in Villars but Adam Ondra is not in the starting list, possibly due to the wrist injury he is taking about in the latest episode, Road to Tokyo.

Maggie Odette, who did her first 8b+ at 44, has done her fourth, Eulogy in Maple Canyon. "Surprise! Never 1- or even 2-hung it. Terrible day on it on Friday, then miraculously got through the Millenium portion for the first time of the season yesterday, sent 2nd go of the day. Super weird. Unheard of for me...second go is usually a disaster! Yay!"