Barbara Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher have made the second repeat of the 33 pitches and 1 400 m Odyssee 8a+ on the north face of Eiger. "Both of us climbed all the pitches free in four days (swinging leads) and the crux pitches both on lead. Roger Schaeli and Robert Jasper established the route in between 2009-2013 with pitons and bolts. In 2015, they were joined by Simon Gietl and made a so called team ascent during that summer. Later Fabian Buhl made the first repeat in a four days solo mission. (c) Paolo Sartori "The Eiger was a serious adventure for us. We didn't have perfect conditions. It was a real alpine experience. It was always a dream to climb a route on the famous Eiger north face. So first of all we wanted to climb something easier like Deep blue sea which was great climbing on perfect limestone. After we climbed Magic mushroom (in a day) what was double as long but still in a alpine-sport climbing style what means well protected with some longer runouts on bolts. Then we wanted to go for a longer more alpine route through the steepest part of the north face and we choose Odyssee because Roger Schäli told us about the great climbing through a steep challenging part of the wall." Ten years ago, the 163 cm Austrian was one of the very best female boulderers in the world. In 2009, she got an herniated vertebral disc which had her to stop bouldering. Today, including trad FA up to 8c and several 8c+' in sport and a 9a as well as world class multi-pitches and big walls up to 8b+ on El Cap, she is most be considered the best female multi-discipline climber in the world.

Dave Graham reports on Insta, including a video, that he has done the FA of Parzival 8C in Rocklands. (c) Chad Greedy "This amazing line baffled me the first time I saw it years ago; it looked super cool but I had no clue how to climb it. After stumbling upon it again during a hike this this season I saw astonished that it possibly could work, and if so, it would be a crazy epic two-part rig which sits at the base of this crazy disc shaped bloc suspended over a small canyon and summits directly up the prow." Dave has been one of the leading climbers for almost 20 years straight and is known for his visionary style finding and putting up hard core boulders. Next is Switzerland, back to US with Las Vegas and Bishop are on the list before heading back to spend the winter in Spain.

Oriane Bertone, who previuosly has done 27 boulders from 8A to 8B (+), has done Epilepsie in Grande Ravine giving it a personal 8b+ grade. In the 8a Combined ranking game, the 13 year old is #2. The picture is from earlier this summer when she did three 8b's in St Légere.

Mathieu Holtz, who previously has done eleven 8c's, has done the FA of Les rats sous-marins 9a in Bellosset after ten days of projecting. (c) Noyan Ronin "Short route of about 20m slightly over-hanging. The effort is sustained all the way and includes a 32 move long power endurance section with no possibility to chalk up which caused me the main struggle. The route has got no broken holds and requires a good belay to avoid decking since I had to skip a heinous clip in the middle section and commit to the next hard sequence without falling."

Here is a ranking, based on the 8a data base, who are the best flash boulderer in the world. Note that grades vary and some have stopped recording ascents so the list should be more considered an indication of who are the Top-10. Anyhow, superior is James Webb and what strikes out the most is his 14 recorded 8B flashes. It should be noted that among the top boulderers, he is the one who have suggested most personal down grades. Daniel Woods just post his ascents on his Instagram since 2014, so he is probably not so far behind. The scoring points: 8B+ * 10, 8B * 6, 8A+ * 3 and 8A * 1 1. James Webb 0 - 14 - 36 - 63 = 255 2. Daniel Woods 1 - 3 - 11 - 45 = 107 3. Adam Ondra 1 - 7 - 8 - 28 = 104 4. Paul Robinson 0 - 1 - 11 - 42 = 81 5. Jan Hojer 0 - 2 - 13 - 22 = 73 6. Keita Mogaki 0 - 2 - 4 - 19 = 43 7. Gabri Moroni 0 - 0 - 7 - 20 = 41 8. Matt Fultz 0 - 0 - 6 - 21 = 39 9. Niccolo Ceria 0 - 2 - 3 - 14 = 35 0. Jernej Kruer 0 - 0 - 5 - 19 = 34 On the picture, James flashes The Globalist which he recorded as an 8B, although the other three entries in the data base, have it as an 8B+. (c) Nico Bäckström

The wheel of retardation 8b ffa rocklands alizee dufraisse from dufraisse alizee on Vimeo.

1. Akiyo Noguchi 2,1,6=12 - Jongwon Chon 3,1,2=6 2. Sol Sa 3,4,1=12 - Kokoro Fujii 1,3,5=15 3. Jain Kim 1,3,5=15 - Tomoa Narasaki 2,2,4=16 Complete results It should be mentioned that Narasaki was superior in the qualification with a 1,1,3 score among the six finalists. Among the female, Jain Kim won the qualification.

alizee dufraisse has done The Wheel of retardation in Rocklands which is considered a hard 8B and moves to #6 in the ranking game. "Hard, crazy kneebaring boulder. It is beautiful and different, I was super sycked on it! It took me around 5 sessions to figure out the moves, very different style, and then two sessions to send. I still have two weeks here and then Switzerland and America." The 31 year old was earlier a route specialist, having done two 9a's and been on a Lead World Cup podium. Overall, the French should be considered one of the best female sport climbers. 8a interview from 2009 with the former French champion in pole vault (4.35).

Daniel Woods reports on his Insta that he has done Skadoosh 8B+ and Black Eagle assis 8C in Rocklands which is originally a Fred Nicole stand start creation. (c) Oliver Kruger "Made the 2nd ascent of this perfect font esq power compression bloc which @dave_graham_ resurrected this season (the other versions of this line have broken over the years). I've tried this line as a stand on and off for a couple years, but for some reason could not figure it out and deemed it impossible for me. Even the way @dave_graham_ did it was too morpho for my size. In the end I found this heinous heel hook for the left that allowed me to make the large span and control this dope rip off of two gaston edges. It's amazing when everything just works out haha!" So what is your next plan? Mmm, well now I am back in CO and just took a week off. Next is this project I have in a place called the Box which is a 9km walk in. The line I'm working is a 5 move lower start into an existing 8A. The low start will add a 8C bloc into the stand with no rest, so the full should be 8C+. I spent 3 days last year trying to link the sit (did all the moves and linked a couple at a time) but wasn't able to. Hopefully all this Rocklands training has helped!"