The results shown are based on close to 2 000 unique votes from the poll Best Climbing Rope 2017. We can see that Edelrid have strengthened their position. 21% Sterling (21) 17% Beal (19) 17% Edelrid (13) 15% Mammut (17) 13% Petzl (12) 13% Tendon/Lanex (12) 5% Other (5)

Based on close to 2 000 unique votes from the poll Best Crash Pad 2017. In comparison to last year, we can see that Organic have strengthened their position. 27% Organic (22) 14% Ocun (15) 11% Black Diamond (14) 9% Moon (10) 8% Other (8) (Asana most mentioned) 5% Metolius (3), 5 % Pad (5), 5 % Edelrid (4) 4% Snap (4), 4 % Petzl (5), 4 % Mad Rock (4) 3% Mammut (3)

Adam Ondra reports on Instagram that he has done Pachamama 9a+ in Oliana. Photo: Petr Piechowicz "Next on the list is an amazing linkup bolted by Chris Sharma of Papichulo and Pachamama," which Adam says could be 9b hard or even 9b+. In total, the Lead World Champion of the last two years has done 43 routes 9a+ and harder. In the three last Boulder World Championships, he got one gold and two silver medals. The big question for 2017 is whether the Czech is going for the Olympics or not.

Výsledky hlasovania o najlepšie lano pre rok 2017. Oproti minulému roku si najviac polepšil Edelrid. 21% Sterling (21) 17% Beal (19) 17% Edelrid (13) 15% Mammut (17) 13% Petzl (12) 13% Tendon/Lanex (12) 5% Other (5)

Outside online magazin csapatta készített egy szuper interjút Nalléval aki az elmúlt év legnagyobb főhőse lett a 9A boulder megyitással, Burden of Dreams-el. Nemrég a 8a.nu szavazást is indított arról, mi volt a legnagyobb áttörés a tavalyi évben és Ondra egyhetes Dawn Wall projektje, ami a világ legnehezebb 9a nehézségű nagyfalas útja - bizony bizony csak a második helyre volt elég. Mert bizony az, hogy Nalle új fokozatot nyitott a boulderezésben; a legendás 9A boulder fokozatot (V17) az nem csak egy eszméletlen mérföldkő, hanem egyben egy pont is (mit pont felkiáltójel!!!) annak a vitának a végén, hogy egyáltalán létezhet-e a 8C+ os boulder fokozat. Évekig ment a huzavona, a fel-le fokozgatás és íme itt a boulder feketén-fehéren, amit Nalle több mint négyezerszer próbált meg (4000!) több év alatt. Hát kíváncsian várjuk a kisfilmet, mely Február 8.-án dobódik piacra. 2010 Márciusában írt egy elég provokatív bejegyzést a személyes blogján a túlzásokról és az új boulderfokozatok későbbi lefokozásáról: "Mi mind dobálózunk a nagy fokozatokkal és szép flash számokkal, ezért kapunk a magazinon címlapot és aztán végignézzük, hogy néhány hónappal később a bouldereink mind lefokozódnak..."

Piotr Schab has done his eighth 9a, Ciudad dos Dios in Santa Linya. "SURREAL DAY! I wanted to optimize the betas, but stuck the crux and somehow managed to finish the route. 3rd go, can't believe it!" Before the big send, Piotr had done one 8c (+) on his second go and an 8c as the plan was to do just an endurance training due to rather poor conditions! In the 8a ranking game, the 20-year-old Pole is #3.

Stefano Ghisolfi has, after some weeks and three rest days caused by rain and poor conditions, done his second 9b, First Round First Minute 9b in Margalef. (c) Paolo Sartori Photo "Dream route! First ascent by Chris Sharma in 2011 and than repeated by Adam Ondra and Alex Megos. One of the coolest line ever, I remember at the beginning every single move was super hard, and know everything is linked! Thanks Alex Megos for the belay and Sara for the support! video coming soon!" Stefano is #2 in the 8a ranking game and we can see that he has had nine years of straight progress in his scorecard trend diagram. In 2016, the Italian was #4 in the Lead World Cup, having won one event. EpicTV video profile presentation.

During the last two weeks Moritz Perwitzschky has done 20 Boulders graded 8A to 8B including the FA of Breaking Dad 8B in Frankenjura. "4 days of work and also broke out a hold but found a new one to make it possible, start of "Blutgeld", finish in "who´s the Daddy?", 13 hard moves in a row and really hard to link the last moves from the bottom, don´t know how hard it is but 8b for sure..." Check out the Winter bouldering weekend video. In the Combined ranking game, the 17-year-old is #4. (c) Hannes Pablitschko "How to keep warm: Just take some warm clothes, a big down jacket, gloves and you are fine, don't forget some tea and biscuits. For keeping our Fingers warm we heat up some stones to put them in the calkbag which works quite well. Plans for 2017: I finished school last year and now taking one year off before studying for working and getting stronger. My plans are to travel to Rocklands in summer and focus more on bouldering than the previous years. Ambitions: One goal of mine is to try Action directe finally this year and hopefully send it and basically send a lot of hard and beautiful lines, both boulders and routes."

Rannveig Aamodt has spent almost a year in Kalymnos. Here is her story about finding deep peace in the ghost town during the winer, helping refugees and more. "I’m grateful for the unexpected in Kalymnos because it led to unforgettable memories of happy people and ocean views from the crag" (c) Chris Burkard - PrAna