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British climber James Pearson has made a free solo ascent of 'Legacy' at rocklands, South Africa. Graded 9a as sports climb, it has now been rated 8B+ highball. Pearson, on a roll after repeating 'The Finnish Line' (8C), provides the details.

On 21 April 2026 French climber Oriane Bertone sent Kheops (8B) and Gecko assis (8B+) in Fontainebleau.

At La Stazione in Val Tanaro (Italy) Stefano Carnati mananged to flash the 8c 'Paranoid'. A few days later he sent two 9a's, 'Prima Classe' and 'Vivi si Muore'.

American climber Michaela Kiersch has made the first female ascent of Dreamtime, Fred Nicole’s masterpiece at Cresciano hailed as the first 8C boulder problem in the world.

Watch American climber Michaela Kiersch bouldering in rocklands in summer 2024, where she sent a long list of hard climbs including Amandla 8B+ despite a fractured finger.

Francesco Favilli and Filippo Zanin, two expert Italian mountaineers, died while climbing the south face of the Marmolada, Dolomites.

American climber Michaela Kiersch recently returned from a highly successful bouldering trip to rocklands in South Africa, where she amassed a huge list of ascents that include Amandla 8B+. What makes her repeats even more impressive is the fact that prior to the trip the 29-year-old had fractured her...

Japanese rock climber Ryuichi Murai has repeated Livin' Large (8C+) at rocklands, South Africa.

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.

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

In February 2022 Kim Marschner at Chironico in Switzerland made the first ascent of the 8C boulder problem Forgotten Gem. A month earlier at Cresciano the 24-year-old German had repeated the 8C bloc Crystal Ship.

The second episode of Lines Of Legends directed by Yuri Palma features Andrea and Marco Zanone versus Stone Love, the famous 8b+ first ascended by British rock climber Jerry Moffatt in Germany's Frankenjura in 1988.

American climber Ashima Shiraishi has repeated the 8b+ boulder problem Jade in the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA.

29-year-old Italian rock climber Stefan Scarperi has made the first ascent of Big Illusion, an 8C boulder problem in Valle di Daone, Italy.

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+.