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On 3 April 2026 Sung Su Lee from South Korea repeated Alphane at Chironico in Switzerland. A day later, Makoto Yamauchi from Japan repeated 'Burden of Dreams' at Lappnor in Finland. Both boulder problems are graded 9A.

On 27 December 2025 Belgian climber Simon Lorenzi sent his 5th 9A boulder problem, 'Shaolin' at Red Rocks, USA.

The video of Austrian climber Jakob Schubert sending his first 9A boulder problem, 'Alphane' in Chironico / Switzerland.

British climber Hamish McArthur has made the second ascent of 'No one Mourns The Wicked' (V17/9A) at Thunder Ridge in Colorado, USA.

British climber Hamish McArthur has made the second ascent of 'Megatron' in the Eldorado Canyon, USA. The V17 (Font 9A) boulder was established by shawn raboutou in 2022.

American rock climber Brooke Raboutou has become the first woman in the world to climb 9b+ with her redpoint of 'Excalibur' at Arco, Italy. Established by Stefano Ghisolfi in 2023 and repeated by Will Bosi in February 2025, this fierce, intense overhang stands as one of the hardest sport climbs...

Belgium's Simon Lorenzi has successfully repeated 'Return of the Sleepwalker' in Red Rocks, USA. This marks the 28-year-old climber's fourth 9A boulder problem.

German climber Yannick Flohé has repeated the 8C+ boulder problem 'Story of Three Worlds' in Cresciano, Switzerland.

On 03/02/2025 Scottish climber William Bosi made the second ascent of Stefano Ghisolfi's 'Excalibur' (9b+) in Arco, Italy.

In the space of just a few weeks American climber Sean Bailey has repeated 'Floatin' at Mizugaki in Japan and 'Alphane' at Chironico in Switzerland

Scottish climber William Bosi has made the first repeat of Spots of Time, established by Aidan Roberts in the Lake District, UK, in February 2024. Bosi has now become the first person to climb four different V17/9A boulder problems.

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

Scottish climber William Bosi has made the second ascent of 'Return of the Sleepwalker', the 9A/V17 at Red Rocks, USA, established by Daniel Woods in 2021. Bosi made the ascent after 12 sessions and has now climbed 3 boulders at the world’s hardest grade.

On 27 December 2023 26-year-old Belgian climber Simon Lorenzi repeated Burden of Dreams at Lappnor in Finland, claiming his third 9A boulder problem after Alphane at Chironico in Switzerland and Soudain Seul at Fontainebleau in France.

Austrian climber Jakob Schubert has repeated Alphane, the 9A boulder problem at Chironico in Switzerland. Success caps a stellar year for Schubert who in September made the first ascent of BIG (9c) at Flatanger in Norway.

The video of Simon Lorenzi working towards the 4th ascent of the 9A boulder problem 'Alphane' at Chironico in Switzerland.