Based on the votes from 1 000 unique 8a visitors, here is the ranking of - What do you like the most with climbing? (several clicks available). It is kind of surprising to see the results for 8a.nu surfing compared to Reading magazines :) 16 % Complete Projects 14 % Road trips 11 % Beautiful settings 10 % Onsight/Flash, New Climbs 07 % Finding optimizing beta 06 % Making FA, Train indoors 05 % Team spirit, Watching videos 03 % 8a.nu surfing 02 % Watch a competition, See a celebrity climb, Compete 01 % Reading magazines

Daniel Fuertes has done his 4th 9a, Fabela pa la enmienda in Santa Linya. The previous three weeks, he has done one 8c+ and two 8c's including one personal grade. (c) Manabu Yoneyama

Dani Moreno has had an amazing weekend in Alquezar where he did two 8c+ (9a), including both a personal up- and down grade; Priorato de Sion and Monster. Daniel did his first 8c+ in 2006 and in total he has done seven 8c+ and three 9a.

Thomas Caleyron took a sensational victory in the CWIF Bouldering comp in Sheffield by onsighting all four final problems. Last year Thomas was #9 in the Boulder WC. Alexander Megos was #2 and Gabri Moroni #3. Complete results Among the female, no surprises on the podium. #1 Shauna Coxsey, #2 Mina Markovic and #3 Mina Leslie-Wujastyk.

Alex Puccio has had a great start of her trip to Ticino by doing really quick two 8A's and Walk the Line 8A+ in Chironico. "Took an hour or so. really fun climb and a little scary at the end. :)" Alex, who has only missed being Top-10 once out of 27 Boulder World Cups, has previously done 15 8A+ and 40 8A's. On the picture she is working the moves on Shadowfax 8B. Interesting interview by Cruxcrush.

Nalle Hukkataival reports on facebook, "We've had some warm days here in Font, but I managed to get the 2nd ascent of La Toupie Carnivore (8C) yesterday! Still took me a full session of jumping until everything clicked on the crazy crux dyno, but managed to do it in two days! Big props to Guillaume for opening such an incredible boulder! As for the grade, a stout Font 8B+ may be more accurate but even at that grade, it has one of the hardest dead-points in the world!" (c) Neil Hart

Adam Ondra has had a great day in Adlitzgraben where he onsighted his 8c (and harder) #46, Selbst ist das Kind and did his 9a (and harder) #90, Napalm in the Morning. The second ranked persons in these categories have done one third of Adam's Tick List. "Brilliant line, but it all comes down to two single moves. FA by Berni Fiedlernsome years ago, some holds have broken since then supposedly and hasn't been reclimbed. It could be harder than the neighboring Erfolg ist trainierbar,but I have no clue about the grade of that one either. Maybe just hard 8c+

James Webb has done Dave Grahams beautiful Big Paw 8B+ (C) in Chironico. "Psyched! Last session I had a heart breaker slipping off the final moves. Took it down this time first go of the day. Absolutely incredible FA from Dave. Cheers mate!" During the first week, James has done another four 8B and harder and flashed Baby Mammoth 8A+ (B). James will stay in Europe until May 20th. How do you like the trip so far? I love it. This is an absolutely gorgeous place.. and the climbing is equally amazing. All of the difficult boulders here in Ticino I have my eyes on because basically all of them are world class. For now the weather is a bit warm but at least it's not raining. So we can't complain

Alfons Dornauer did two 8B+ in one session in Zillertal last week, Nussknacker and Traumschiff (see the nice picture). Interesting is that the 20 year old at the same time he is sending hard boulders is training also endurance and is getting close on an old 9a project. How is it possible to combine world class bouldering and projecting a long route at the same time? "I think one of the most important thing in climbing is to have a good max power. It makes no sense to have endurance if you are not able to do the single moves in a route. So my training is also very focused on max power, and one day per week I try to climb some routes. Furthermore I do some longer boulders in the gym. I think to climb hard routes on the rock is more about getting used to the moves and try to find a good tactic. (c) Heidorn-Foto

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