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Interview with Czech climber Adam Ondra who last week flashed two 8C boulder problems, Lion's Share at Brione and Celestite in Val Bavona. The 33-year-old has now flashed three 8c boulder problems, after Foundation's Edge at fionnay last year

German climber Yannick Flohé has repeated 'Excalibur', the 9b+ in Arco, Italy, first ascended by Stefano Ghisolfi in 2023 and, until now, only repeated by Will Bosi and Brooke Raboutou.

The video of Adam Ondra flashing the 8C boulder problem 'Foundation's Edge' at fionnay in Switzerland, and repeating a slew of other testpieces including 'Ziqqurat' (8C) at Gaby and 'Big Illusion' (8C) in Val Daone.

Czech climber Adam Ondra has flashed his hardest boulder to date, 'Foundation's Edge' at fionnay in Switzerland.

22-year-old Italian climber Pietro Vidi has made the second ascent of 'Permanent Midnight low' at fionnay in Switzerland, confirming the 8C+ grade suggested by first ascensionist Clément Lechaptois.

On 26/08/2025 German climber Yannick Flohé has made the first repeat of 'Ratstaman Vibrations' at Céüse. Originally bolted by Chris Sharma and subsequently freed by Alex Megos in 2022, Flohé believes the climb could be upgraded to 9b/+.

French climber Jules Marchaland has flashed 'Power of Now Direct' at Magic Wood in Switzerland.

The video of German climber Yannick Flohé making the world's first 8C boulder flash, 'Foundations Edge' at fionnay in Switzerland.

German climber Yannick Flohé has flashed 'Foundations Edge', the 8C boulder problem at fionnay in Switzerland. If the grade stands - and general consensus indeed indicates that the grade is correct - then the 25-year-old has become the first climber in the world to flash an 8C boulder problem.

At Cadarese in Italy Pietro Vidi has repeated 'Tribe', one of the most difficult trad climbs in the world, put up in 2019 by Jacopo Larcher.

The Italian climber Pietro Vidi has sent his first 8C+ boulder problem, 'Fuck the System' at fionnay in Switzerland.

On 24/11/2022 at Magic Wood in Switzerland American climber Siara Fabbri repeated New Base Line, the classic 8B+ boulder problem established by Bernd Zangerl.

Scottish climber Will Bosi has made a short but successful climbing trip to Switzerland, during which he repeated a flurry of hard boulder problems including the 8C Foundation’s Edge.

On 14/10/2012 Nicolò Ceria repeated the boulder problems Entlinge 8B+ and L'ombre du vent 8B in Switzerland's Murgtal.

The nominations for the II edition of the Arco Rock Legends 2007, the climbing oscars: the Salewa Rock Award and the La Sportiva Competition Award, schduled for Friday 7 September 2007.