[jwi]

Video of Wonderland 9b/+

[edshakey]

New 9b+ in Czechia

Zvěřinec (Menagerie) 9b+ (hard) FA❗
Today I completed surely the second hardest route of my life (after Silence) ✌️ In 2011, I made my first ascent of Perlorodka (Pearloyster) after quite a few days of effort. Striking line in possibly the best rock that we have at our homecrag (Moravian Karst, Czechia 🇨🇿) Very improbable crux at solid 8B+ difficulty with reachy moves and desperate slapping of the completely rounded lip of the overhang. Back then, I gave it 9a+, but I think it deserves more 9b 🤔 Zveřinec climbs the same crux and has a different start that could be 9a+ on its own, with good rest in between.
After struggling the last two weeks with conditions, today it was just perfect 👌 0 degrees of Celsius, overcast, no wind, absolutely dry rock. With perfect warmup at my homewall, I could fight the cold temperature of the air and the advantage of the best friction!
 

His second hardest route, but not 9c. It's all getting pretty bunched around those grades!

[Fiend]

Good stuff, the local grot keeps giving.

[jwi]

His second hardest route, but not 9c. It's all getting pretty bunched around those grades!

Darth grader agrees, hard 9b+ from the description.

[MischaHY]

Surely if anyone is on point with the grades now it has to be the O-Dog. He even regrades his past self 

[Kingy]

9a onsight alert! Just up on his insta, Water World 9a, Osp, Slovenia

[remus]

The original mega wad.

For those keeping count at home that's 4x 9a onsights, 1x 9a flash and 1x 9a+ flash.

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The original mega wad.

For those keeping count at home that's 4x 9a onsights, 1x 9a flash and 1x 9a+ flash.

And 8B+ flash!

[Bradders]

And 8B+ flash!

Twice!

[gme]

Sometimes feels like people are catching up to him but when you look at it he is still a good bit ahead.

Repointing wise the gap has closed but Onsight and flash he is far ahead of everyone, and in bouldering you do wonder how much easier something like Terranova is to Alphane, Will seemed to suggest not much.

Add the likes of Dawn wall into it and Seb, Stefano, Megos and Jacob are some way behind.

[petejh]

Easy to forget he nipped up Dawn Wall on his holidays.

[wasbeen]

His mental game is an order of magnitude above anyone else. IMO his achievements are despite his physical build rather than because of it.

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Agreed, Ondra is clearly the best all round climber in the world and he even has the potential to be in the top 3 or 4 boulderers in the world if he wanted to be. Style wise, I think he'd do well on Alphane and Return of the Sleepwalker. He might do well on Soudain Seul too, but I get the impression he'd have next to no chance on Burden due to the raw strength/power requirements, whereas I think the likes of Aidan and Will can probably do it.

Will's comments on Terranova were interesting, but I wonder how much time he spent on it. Based on his ridiculous tick list from that trip it can't have been long! I take his comments with a pinch of salt and assume that if he'd prepared in the same way he did for Alphane (bouldering phase, replica training, his sole focus of the trip) it might have felt a bit different.

[wasbeen]

If I was to build the perfect climber:
Ondra's brain
Will's fingers
Aidan's core
Janja's dynamic gung-ho
Megos' hair

[Wellsy]

Fiend's camo shorts

[SA Chris]

Seb's accent.

[edshakey]

Nico's mandolin

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Dave Graham's crystals (and trickery!)

[andy_e]

Si O'Conor's blogging skills

[petejh]

Shark's persistence.

[Johnny Brown]

Steve's tenacity.

[36chambers]

Dave Mac's diet...

[turnipturned]

Ned's heel

[mr chaz]

Varians E Bike

[cofe]

Shatner's bassoon.