Sachi Amma is known for his feather-like climbing style even if he screams like Ondra and Sharma every now and then. "They were my idols so I just copied what they did but nowadays I think it is good enough to breathe deep." When it comes to relaxing while doing hard moves he says it is about just using the muscles needed and not overloading the whole body with power. "If you have a hard undercling it is important to isolate this as much as possible and relax the other muscles to not build up to much tension. I think yoga has helped me climbing more relaxed and thius is something I recommend."

Planet Mountain has made an interview with Jorg Verhoeven after his second ascent of Tommy Caldwell's Dihedral Wall opened in 2004 on El Capitan. He says an interesting thing there: "climbing the Nose (the 8b+ he did in 2014) is a piece of cake compared to Dihedral wall," The overall lead World Cup winner 2008 thinks that Caldwell's 8b+ grade is equivalent to a sport 8c. In total, ten out of the 25 pitches are graded 8a and harder. In total, it took Jorg and his partner Katharina Saurwein five days to do it including a 20 hour push on the last day. (c) Jorg Verhoeven

Five days ago, it was mentioned on 8a that IFSC had given the Combined bronze in male Youth A to the wrong person. Filip Schenk was originally #4 but now IFSC said that it is he who should have been standing on the podium getting the bronze in China. IFSC had actually made several mistakes in the calculation and today they apologize for the mistakes occurred. "Complete results can be found on the dedicated event page, and pictures, replays and highlights will be made available as soon as possible. The IFSC apologize for the late delivery of the combined rankings and for the mistakes occurred. Some registered competitors did not actually participated and this generated the inaccurate calculations." It is noteworthy that still no official results have been presented in the Combined discipline that will be Olympic 2020 even if you click on the link saying Complete Results which can be found on the event dedicated page. The Combined results have instead been presented here.

Pavel Blazek reports that Adam Ondra has topped out the Dawn Wall, which, with 32 pitches including two 9a's, is the world's hardest big wall established by Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson. To get some perspective of what the best multi discipline climber in the world has achieved, we have put up a list: 1. Two months ago Adam was the Lead World Champion and the runner-up in Bouldering. 2. This was his first real trad climbing experience. 3. The "old-school" vertical climbing is not his normal best style. 3. His partner Pavel Blazek had never tried a multi-pitch before. 4. Adam did it in just eight days while the FA took 19 days. 5. Adam did lead all pitches meanwhile each of the FAs did almost half on top rope. 6. They carried all the supply themselves. It should also be noted that it took Caldwell and Jorgeson six years to establish the Dawn Wall and that this can be considered, by fair, the most impressive multi-pitch FA in the world. Adam has expressed his admiration for their achievement on his new Instagram several times, and also said that some grades were very hard. Legendary photographer Heinz Zak and his assistant Christian Wild are also in the picture. Adam Ondra's first interview from 2004 when he was 11-years-old and already one of the best onsight climbers in the world.

Pavel Blazek in duyurduğuna göre Adam Ondra Dawn Wall çıkışını tamamlandı. Tommy Caldwell ve Kevin Jorgeson tarafından geliştirilen ve ilk çıkışı yapılan bu rota iki 9a içeren 32 ip boyundan oluşuyor. Bu çıkışı daha da ilginç kılan bazı unsurlar şöyle: 1. İki ay önce Adam Lider Dünya Şampiyonası'nı kazandı ve Kısakaya'da birinciliği zorladı. 2. Bu onun ilk gerçek anlamda geleneksel tırmanış tecrübesiydi. 3. Eski tarz düz duvar tırmanışı onun en iyi olduğu alan değil. 3. Partneri Pavel Blazek daha önce çok ip boylu tırmanış yapmamıştı. 4. Adam çıkışı 8 günde bitirdi, i.ç. ise 19 gün sürmüştü. 5. Adam tüm ip boylarını lider tırmandı, i.ç. da neredeyse yarısı tepeden emniyetli çıkılmıştı. 6. Bütün malzemeleri ve yiyecekleri kendileri taşıdılar. Şu da not edilmeli ki Caldwell ve Jorgeson 6 yıl bu rotaya emek vermişler ve dünyanın en etkileyici i.ç. ını yapmışlardı. Adam başarılarına duyduğu hayranlığı burada açıklıyor. Instagram Efsanevi fotoğrafçı Heinz Zak ve yardımcısı Christian Wild da resimde yerlerini alıyorlar.

Emontana presents an in depth interview with Adam Ondra and amazng photographs. Here are some of the most interesting quotes translated by Tendon. (c) Heinz Zak "There are basically two different types of foot holds – you either stand on scales of millimeters in size which I would not normally consider to be foot holds and I would not even look at them… And then there are bigger foot holds but they are reclined and sleek." "In my opinion the 14th pitch is a bit easier 9a, so it fits the guidebook. The 15th pitch, and Tommy himself said it too, should be 8c+. I would agree with that. But then there are a lot of 8b+ pitches which I could rate 8c on some rocks. Lots of those 8a+ could be 8b or even more, I reckon. So, I find the most difficult pitches a little bit overrated but it is compensated by the fact that any of those 8a could be rated higher." "Here it shows that what pays is slow climbing with certainty, literally like a snail. When I start this slow pace I feel out of sorts. But gradually, I am getting used to it. I have found out that slow climbing is not so much more tiring and at the same time chances for making no mistakes are getting higher." "The motivation of finishing the ascent in 24 hours could emerge. But I admit it really is an insane idea."

National Geograpic has presented a sum-up story of Adam Ondra after his ascent of the Dawn Wall. Here are some of the more interesting quotes. “This is one of the best feelings I've ever had in climbing. Wow, so good. I think it'll be a long-lasting happiness and joy due to the length and effort of the route.” “What Tommy and Kevin did was even much more impressive than what I did,” says Ondra. “I arrived with all the information, they told me the beta, and all I had to do was climb.”

Adam Ondra's push on the Dawn Wall has created a new all time high. Measured by Google Analytics, last week 144 186 sessions were made on 8a.nu meaning that the total number of visits was over 200 000. In comparison to last year, the traffic has increased with some 20% and we now have 13 000 unique visitors daily. The biggest country was USA with 13% out of the total visits followed by Germany and Spain with 11% each.