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On his first climbing trip to rocklands, South Africa, Austria’s Jakob Schubert climbed more than 20 boulder problems graded 8B or harder.

British climber Ned Feehally has flashed Trust Issues, an 8B+ boulder problem at rocklands in South Africa. This is one of the hardest flash ascents to date.

The video of French climber Charles Albert repeating the 8C boulder problem Monkey Wedding at rocklands barefoot. Alexander Megos repeated this 2002 Fred Nicole test piece in just 30 minutes.

In June Ines Papert, Joseph Pfnür, Luka Lindič and Paul McSorley made the fist ascent of Ruby Supernova, a new 520m high trad climb with difficulties up to ED1 7b+ (VI 5.12c) on Slanghoek Peak, Du Toits Kloof Mountains, South Africa

The video of Katharina Saurwein and Jorg Verhoeven climbing in the dreamland, chasing the finest boulder problems in rocklands, South Africa.

American rock climber Nina Williams has made the first female ascent of the famous highball boulder problem Ambrosia at Buttermilks, Bishop, USA.

Bouldering video: Isabelle Faus climbing The Wheel of Chaos 8B+ at Rocky Mountain National Park, USA.

Finnish rock climber Nalle Hukkataival has made the first ascent of Burden of Dreams, his project at Lappnor in Finland, for which he has now suggested 9A. Should the grade be confirmed, this would be the first boulder problem to breach this difficulty worldwide.

Climbing video: Caroline Ciavaldini and James Pearson revisit rocklands in South Africa to discover the area’s wealth of trad climbing.

Bouldering: thanks to her ascent of Horizon at Mount Hiei in Japan, the 14-year-old American climber Ashima Shiraishi has become the first woman in the world to climb an 8C boulder problem.

American rock climber Isabelle Faus has sent Amandla, an 8B+ boulder problem put up by Fred Nicole in rocklands, South Africa. In doing so she joins a select list of female climbers capable of sending 8B+.

Austrian climber Angela Eiter reports about her recent trips to Greece where, close to Leonidio, she and her partner Bernie Ruech developed Nifada. The new crag currently hosts 14 routes up to 8c+.

A short video by Santiago Casar about Alexander Megos and friends bouldering at rocklands, South Africa.

The video of Caroline Ciavaldini and James Pearson discovering the bouldering and trad climbing potential at rocklands, South Africa.

On 6 September 2014 Angela Eiter redpointed Hades 9a at the crag Götterwandl close to Nassereith in Austria, three days after Zauberfee 8c+ at Arco, Italy.

On 04/10/2014 at the Austrian crag Götterwandl Angela Eiter made the first ascent of Hercules 8c+.