[Grubes]

Got alot of respect for michele and his bold trad efforts. how many of the worlds top boulderers would come here for a few months a year and not only do the hard problems but also make good ascents of the bold trad routes. his ticklist from this winter and the last is just superb 

His efforts are unbelievable and his blog is fantastic too if you have not already read it.
He wrote one last year about getting grips to the grit and the high balls it was a great read and had some really inspiring photos http://michelecaminati.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/italian-on-grit.html

[dave]

good grit effort by MC given recent temperatures.

Some proper HDR hall of shame shit on his blog!

[Paul B]

Probably old news to some, but yesterday Michele did New Statesman at Ilkley - superb.

Nice one. Not scared of the heat, eh. Ground up I wonder? Surely this is a contender. At least I remember someone (Bentley I think) suggesting as much with modern paddage.

No, he abbed it and tried a few moves on the grigri that day, haven't a clue previously.

I think there are a few obstacles in it being successfully ground-upped; mainly the gear isn't obvious (for instance a deep Ballnut [brillaint things] and a WC zero to start, ballnut higher and then a hex  ) and I'd imagine a fair amount of people are going to struggle with that first span and maybe even the one higher up? Not yourself though Tom 

[miso soup]

Following on from Ashima's V13 at 10 years old Brooke Raboutou and Tito Traversa, both 10 years old, both climbed a 5.14a/8b+ on the same day.  The key to crushing big numbers is being 10 years old.

http://direct.dpmclimbing.com/articles/view/514a-age-10

[Oldmanmatt]

Following on from Ashima's V13 at 10 years old Brooke Raboutou and Tito Traversa, both 10 years old, both climbed a 5.14a/8b+ on the same day.  The key to crushing big numbers is being 10 years old.

http://direct.dpmclimbing.com/articles/view/514a-age-10

Apparently, having an odd name is important too...

[Ethan]

Ethan Pringle just repeated Jumbo Love!

[Drew]

Ethan Pringle just repeated Jumbo Love!

BOOM! I always thought it was going to be another Echo Wall (no-one would ever be bothered about repeating it).

[Doylo]

Ethan Pringle just repeated Jumbo Love!

Quality repeat! Be good to see what he says about it.

[Adam Lincoln]

Ethan Pringle just repeated Jumbo Love!

Quality repeat! Be good to see what he says about it.

I would think its an April fool...

[GCW]

Really?  He's been trying it for a while.

[Doylo]

If it is it's a shit one. 9a+ climber does 9b shocker!!

[Ethan]

Ethan Pringle just repeated Jumbo Love!

Quality repeat! Be good to see what he says about it.

I would think its an April fool...

I assumed the comment he made about it being soft and Ondra would onsight it was the April fools joke, but who knows...

[Robsons]

Sasha Digiulian is broadcasting it too?

[Doylo]

Maybe it is soft 9b??? Still sounds quite hard to me

[Adam Lincoln]

April fool i tell you!

[Doylo]

April fool i tell you!

If it was reported you'd done it then i'd think it was an April Fool 

[Adam Lincoln]

April fool i tell you!

If it was reported you'd done it then i'd think it was an April Fool 

 

[Robsons]

  seems we were the fools!!! (not you Adam)

[TobyD]

Caff knocked off Bat Route at Malham today, the significance of this is not obvious really (given that he is capable of doing much harder, and it is hardly a second ascent) but the really rather manky conditions that he did it in (the whole top was visibly soaking) and the fact that it was lap 2 of the day after he fell on a '5a' move at the end, when a hold snapped on go one. Very impressive.

[Stu Littlefair]

Was the crux bulge restored to its previous state, or is this the first ascent since the broken hold?

In other news Alex Barrows lanked his way up Mecca Extension yesterday. He's turning into a half decent climber...

[Duma]

Can't wait for Aurë entuluva! to update...

[Wood FT]

nice one Barrows, stick it to Bob

[Ethan]

8c+ for Johanna Ernst, Open Your Mind in Santa Linya!

[Duma]

Arjan's done Big Island and Satan I Helvete bas according to 8a.nu

 

edit: previous attempt on BI:

[Grubes]

Mina has done preperation H Blog Post
did I miss this on here? Her first 8 in the UK?