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Heard on the grapevine that "some swiss guy" did Es Pontas, Sharma's 9a DWS up the underside of a freestanding arch, a few days ago.

Guess work, but might be https://climbing-history.org/climber/1493/marco-m%C3%BCller as he's go the chops and seems to have been doing a lot of DWSing the last few years.
 
Toby Roberts did Gancho Perfecto 9a+ in Margalef earlier this week, which is a linkup involving the first part of Perfecto Mundo 9b+ which I understand he is currently trying (See his insta).
 
Saw Josh Ibbotson is doing well out on Flatlanger, been following his Instagram. Change P1 (9a+) and another 9a and 8c+
 
shurt said:
Saw Josh Ibbotson is doing well out on Flatlanger, been following his Instagram. Change P1 (9a+) and another 9a and 8c+

Change P1 9a+
Illusionist 9a
Valhalla 9a (extension of Odin's Eye)
Odin's Eye 8c+
 
Beast! Only the 8th woman to ever climb 8C.

https://climbing-history.org/list/18/strongest-female-boulderers
 
Fanatic have a little interview (scroll down for auto translated version)
https://fanatic-climbing.com/marine-thevenet-coche-son-premier-8c-bloc-avec-juneru-marine-thevenet-ticks-her-first-8c-boulder-with-juneru-interview/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabyJNTxo6xeG-7ybVuw2gHdtaQ74boA3l2qRPs1mhIWJLNMwyYkJMZsdsk_aem_oAU7spPfPQVf6u45G9LV1w
 
Grimper Magazine also has a great interview https://www.grimper.com/news-interview-marine-thevenet-premiere-francaise-8c-bloc

After a description of specific training done to be able to do the boulder so quickly, they get to the heart of the matter: the sporting achievement ;)

Marine Thevenet said:
[...]
Moreover, for sure, being the first French woman to do an 8C is a real boost to the ego! But it's just a number followed by a letter, and you have to compare like with like: as far as I know, no other Frenchwoman has attempted ‘Juneru’. Everyone has different lives, different body types, injuries along the way, times when you feel fit and others when you don't, trips where there are good connies, trips in the rain... The best way to compare yourself to others in climbing is to compete. So being the first female French climber to do 8C doesn't mean much. So to answer your question, I'm not letting it go to my head!


Marine Thevenet said:
Moreover, it's hard to know whether it [Juneru] is the hardest boulder I've done or not. In the same way that New Base Line is certainly not the hardest boulder I've done before (if you ignore the grades!), I had a much harder time doing Electric Boogie (8a+) at Magic Wood than New Base Line.

Grades are generally set by dudes. When you're a 154 cm tall girl climbing on rock, I think you learn quite quickly to put grades into perspective; I've known for a long time that while I can pull off some 8Bs quite easily there are 7Cs I can struggle for years on.
 
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBEgU8Zu1j-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Aidan Roberts on Poseidon's Wrath, 2nd Asc.
 
Laura Rogora has had a good trip to Ramirole:

Spanish Caravan 8c onsight
Le Flute en Chantier 8c+ 4th go
Agressif You Want 8c flash
Le feu occulte 8b+ flash

https://www.instagram.com/p/DBGhotCtWUo/
https://www.instagram.com/p/DBBEqpmNxOv/
 
Havent done much research so potentially an incomplete list, but I count four women who have onsighted 8c.

https://climbing-history.org/list/42/hard-sport-climbing-onsights-by-women
 
Adam Lincoln said:
New entry for your list Remus

Sam Ley for making the 6th ascent of Achemine E9 7a, Dumbarton Rock. His hardest sport grade was 8a.

Beast! Sounds like it's around 8a+/b climbing, so quite a jump to doing some of your hardest ever climbing above a decent runout.
 
remus said:
Adam Lincoln said:
New entry for your list Remus

Sam Ley for making the 6th ascent of Achemine E9 7a, Dumbarton Rock. His hardest sport grade was 8a.

Beast! Sounds like it's around 8a+/b climbing, so quite a jump to doing some of your hardest ever climbing above a decent runout.

8b to top rope. Broke his wrist on it last year falling off it badly. So even more impressive
 


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