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TheLowDown yesterday | Reads 2 (cached version)
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!
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Conny Matthes, FA of Der Antagonist ~8A

TheLowDown yesterday | Reads 3 (cached version)
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 ...

Ondra goes A Muerte

TheLowDown 2 days ago | Reads 9 (cached version)

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 ...

Instant Iker action

TheLowDown 2 days ago | Reads 4 (cached version)
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 crushes Diaphanous sea

TheLowDown 4 days ago | Reads 10 (cached version)
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 ...

A Brazilian in Hueco

TheLowDown 4 days ago | Reads 7 (cached version)
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, ...

Chris Sharma trumpet playing video

TheLowDown 1 week ago | Reads 10 (cached version)
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.

Bouldering grades, by Nalle

TheLowDown 1 week ago | Reads 8 (cached version)
Nalle Hukkataival has written a very well argued post, addressing the somewhat chaotic situation that exists in the upper most echelon of ...

Conny Matthes does another 8A

TheLowDown 1 week ago | Reads 8 (cached version)
Conny Matthes has repeated the steep, dynamic and cool, Le vent nous portera , 8A, at Chironico. According to Thomas Hocke , she needed 4 tr ...

CORE, the trailer

TheLowDown 1 week ago | Reads 9 (cached version)
After nine months of production, tens of thousands of miles of travel, and nearly giving myself carpal tunnel syndrome during t ...

Woods fulfills prophecy

TheLowDown 1 week ago | Reads 9 (cached version)
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

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