Florence Pinet, Franch difficulty champion, has made a rare ascent of
Bout'Chou
, or
Chouca
direct, 8b+. It's also very rare for women to climb at this level at
Buoux. Chapeau!
...
Conny Matthes has made the FA of
Der Antagonist
, 8A, at the Schirradorf boulders in the Frankenjura. The problem was
an old Michael "Meggi" Schenzel-project that climbs the ...
Adam Ondra has returned to Spain and Siurana. This time he crushed
Richard Simpson's bouldery two finger pocket horror, A muerte,
9a, in 3 tries, for its fastest ascent to date. When Adam
was in Spain last month, his goal was making the 2nd ascent of Chris
Sharma's Golpe de estado
, when he was shut down because of bad weather and a small tendon
injury he suffered while trying Demencia senil
...
Last week,
Iker Pou
once again visited the Lleida crags.
Andoni Perez
reports, he first made quick work, as in two tries, of
Full Equipe
, ~8c, at Oliana, a route bolted by Victor Fernandez, before moving on
to Margalef and the Hermita sector, where he polished off the pocket
race
Abanico de cristal
, 8c, for its first repeat. This one w ...
Alex Puccio has done Diaphanous sea, ~8A, at Hueco. If my calculations
are correct, this should be her umpteenth problem in the 8th grade (give
or take). Last week she made a quick ascent of Tequila ...
Maybe some of you still think the Brazilian high end boulders don't have
to be taken seriously. Well, think again. Rafael Passos, went on a
roadtrip to Hueco last month. He sent several V10/7C+ to V12/8A+
problems, as well as Diabolique
V13/8B and also opened Homework
, proposing V12/8A+. Rafael has been being an active "first
ascentionist" in Brazil, mostly in Cocalzinho - a world class
bouldering spot.
As always, ...
Not only trumpet playing though. There's also Chris skate boarding,
hanging with Daila outside their house... and yeah, also working the
Shaxi raxi project
(~9a+?), at Oliana.
Check it out on
Work
less climb more
, Laurent Triay's website.
Nalle Hukkataival
has written a very well argued post, addressing the somewhat chaotic
situation that exists in the upper most echelon of ...
Conny Matthes has repeated the steep, dynamic and cool,
Le vent
nous portera
, 8A, at Chironico. According to
Thomas Hocke
, she needed 4 tr ...
And it came to pass... that Daniel Woods, after wandering in the
dessert for many days, made the FA of
Desperanza
, 8C. This ascent had been prophesied in the book of