"Mount Doom" (FA) 9a/V17 by Nicolai Uznik

31-05-2025 10:01 (Kommentare: 0)

Nicolai Užnik, a 24-year-old Austrian climber, successfully completed the first ascent of Mount Doom, a 9A boulder problem in the Maltatal region of Austria. This achievement marks the hardest boulder problem in Austria and one of the most challenging in the world.

"Soudain Seul" 9A by Adam Ondra

11-03-2025 09:44 (Kommentare: 0)

Soudain Seul is a mega line for me. Even though it is "just" a boulderproblem, it is one of those cases where the beauty of the line matches exactly with the quality of climbing. It is just so fun to climb. Every session, you keep discovering new subtleties and details. It is very skin-friendly, and even when you are done with serious tries, you can still do some links and leave the boulder feeling like you have done a lot of climbing ⚡ I feel very happy and proud about this send; it means particularly a lot to me, especially after the last few seasons when I always felt very close to doing some relevant ascents, but it never really quite happened ???? Sending this in 5th session is the icing on the cake. You can watch my ascent of Soudain Seul here on my YouTube channel, dedicated to LaSportiva, and I am especially I did it with my new shoes, Ondra Comp, which are designed specifically for indoor bouldering, but Fontainebleau is a place where they are absolutely perfect ✌

"No One Mourns the Wicked" V17/9A-First Ascent

01-01-2025 19:08 (Kommentare: 0)

Dating back to Daniel Woods's first ascent a decade ago, people said there could be a low start to Defying Gravity V15. But people thought the single move on Defying Gravity might be one of the hardest single moves in the world. It was thought that climbing av13/8B boulder into such a difficult and low percentage move could be impossible. Nathaniel decided that this year he would go back to Thunder Ridge Colorado and see if he could truly master the move and add in this new and difficult intro. This is the story behind the first ascent of No One Mourns the Wicked V17.

"SHAOLIN"

15-11-2024 18:56 (Kommentare: 0)

Sean Bailey - SHAOLIN (Proposed V17/9A) - First Ascent Deep in Red Rock, Las Vegas, lies one of the toughest boulder problems in the world: SHAOLIN. The line is located right next to the classic boulder problem "Trieste" and has tempted the world’s best climbers for over four years. Watch Bailey unlock some sequences and claimed the first ascent of this true test piece.

Return of the Sleepwalker By Will Bosi

22-02-2024 08:40 (Kommentare: 0)

William Bosi has made the second ascent of Daniel Woods’ Return of the Sleepwalker (9A) in Black Velvet Canyon, after projecting it for 12 sessions. This was the third 9A for the former competitive climber who has already completed Burden of Dreams (9A) and Alphane (9A). The 25-year-old stopped competing in 2021 after having had his best year in 2019, twice placing fourth in the World Cup.

"Burden of Dreams" By Simon Lorenzi

29-12-2023 10:51 (Kommentare: 0)

New 9A boulder for Charles Albert

15-11-2023 10:19 (Kommentare: 0)

According to grimper.com, the boulder is ten metres long and follows a crack through the roof of a cave on Mont Salève.

In 2019, Albert established Voyageur Face à la Mer de Nuage (Traveler Facing the Sea of Clouds), an 8B boulder which accounts for the final third of the roof crack. In late October this year, Albert was able to link the full ten metre line together for the first ascent, climbing the boulder in his preferred style - barefoot and without kneebars.

The report further suggests that Albert in fact regards the boulder as closer to 9A+ when climbed in his preferred style, but decided that because shoes and kneebars would undeniably make the route easier, he would grade the boulder 9A.

'Experienced in grading', grimper reported, 'he considers it unthinkable, even while scraping heel hooks and jamm[ing] knees, that this long ceiling is of comparable difficulty to the 8C+ that he knows'.

Source: https://www.ukclimbing.com/

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„Burden of Dreams“ by Will Bosi

06-06-2023 20:41 (Kommentare: 0)

The burden has been lifted. The infamous Burden of Dreams boulder in Lappnor, Finland is a bouldering problem that no climber had solved since Nalle Hukkataival's successful ascent back in 2016. Will Bosi describes climbing the world's first 9A boulder as, 'the hardest boulder in the world'.

Will Bosi's bouldering journey to the Burden of Dreams began in a much different setting to Finland – as he explored what was possible on a 3D-printed replica climbing wall in Sheffield, England. It was there that his confidence and belief began to grow.

Travelling to the boulder was the next step. Will spent over three weeks at the Burden of Dreams, studying holds and perfecting moves that would allow him to ascend the boulder that has bettered some of the world's best climbers.

On 12 April 2023, Will Bosi accomplished his dream of climbing the Burden of Dreams – and the rest is now history.

00:00 Intro
01:55 Climbing on a replica
03:25 Arriving at Burden of Dreams
04:10 Will explains his climbing holds
07:20 Burden of Dreams
10:10 Rest day
17:50 Credits