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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.

Italian climber Elias Iagnemma has repeated 'Ephyra' (8C+) at Chironico in Switzerland.

23-year-old British climber Max Milne has flashed 'Bewilderness' (8B+/V14) at Badger’s Cove in the Peak District, England. First climbed by Dan Varian, this is a rare flash of an 8B+ and only the first time this difficulty has been flashed on UK soil.

On Saturday 20 January William Bosi repeated 'Sleepwalker' at Red Rocks, USA. First ascended by jimmy webb in 2018 at 8C+ and repeated on various occasions, Bosi has now suggested a downgrade from 8C+ to 8C.

The video of British rock climber Aidan Roberts flashing Momentum (8B+) in Val Bavona, Switzerland

Last Saturday German climber Florian Wientjes sent his first 8C+ boulder problem, Off the wagon low in Val Bavona, Switzerland.

Japanese rock climber Ryuichi Murai has repeated Sleepwalker, the 8C+ boulder problem at Red Rocks, USA, first ascended by jimmy webb in 2018.

In April 2022 Shawn Raboutou made the first ascent of Alphane. Located at Chironico in Switzerland, this is currently only the third boulder problem in the world to be graded 9A. Film by Ben Neilson.

On 20 April 2022 American rock climber Dave Graham made the first ascent of the 8C+ boulder Euclase in Valle Bavona, Switzerland, describing the problem as 'one of the hardest lines I have climbed to date.'

Scottish climber William Bosi has flashed Charizard, an 8B+ boulder problem at Sklapsko in the Czech Republic.

The vlog of Austrian climber Jakob Schubert and his recent bouldering trip to Red Rocks, USA, with Nicolai Uznik and Michael Piccolruaz and his attempts to repeats Sleepwalker, the 8C+ boudler problem put up by jimmy webb.

Belgian rock climber Simon Lorenzi has repeated Off the Wagon Low 8C+ in Val Bavona, Switzerland. His is only the fifth ascent after Shawn Raboutou, James Webb, Daniel Woods and Giuliano Cameroni.

The video of Daniel Woods making the first ascent of Return of the Sleepwalker at Red Rocks, USA and currently only the second boulder problem in the world graded 9A.

During a ferocious two-day trip to Magic Wood in Switzerland, Austrian climber Jakob Schubert sent an impressive number of hard boulder problems, including a flash ascent of Never Ending Story 8B+.

American climber Daniel Woods made the third ascent of Off the Wagon sit, the boulder problem freed by Shawn Raboutou in Val Bavona, Switzerland graded 8C + / V16 and repeated in February by jimmy webb.

The video of American climber James Webb who made the first repeat of Off the Wagon sit, the 8C+/V16 boulder problem freed by Shawn Raboutou in Val Bavona, Switzerland in 2018.