Vertical-Life
Becket Hsin, 14, does The Mote in God's Eye (8B)
”Orginally me and Sam [Hsin] were up there trying this sick line To Your Scattered Bodies Go (8B) but we both shredded our skin pretty fast. Since everything in Lincoln is relatively close together we just walked around and checked out some of the nearby boulders. We looked at Mote, which Sam had already sent, and I got psyched. I think I sent the rig in a little over an hour.”
Jernej Kruder sends Martin Krpan (9a) sans knee pads
Jernej Kruder, who won the Boulder World Cup in 2018, has done Martin Krpan (9a) in Mišja Peč. “I would like to expose something here: I spent many tries on t…
Welcome to Vertical-Life Web
Six years after partnering with 8a.nu, we’re excited to announce the unification of the 8a.nu website and the Vertical-Life app into a single platform: Vertical…
Will Bosi repeats Return of the Sleepwalker (9A)
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 th…
Insomniac 8C+ by Daniel Woods
Daniel Woods reports on Insta that he has repeated Drew Ruana's Insomniac 8C+ at Lincoln Lake. It starts by doing eight moves of The Wheel of Wolvo followed by …
Insomniac 8C+ by Jimmy Webb + interview
James Webb has repeated Drew Ruana's Insomniac 8C+ at Lincoln Lake. It starts by doing eight moves of The Wheel of Wolvo followed by a good rest and then contin…
Becket Hsin, 13, does his fourth and fifth 8B
Beckett Hsin has done Carnage (8B) in Guanella Pass and Evil Backwards (8B) in Mt Evans. In the 8a junior ranking game, the 13-year-old is #2. His brother and …
Insomniac 8C+ by Daniel Woods
Daniel Woods reports on Insta that he has repeated Drew Ruana's Insomniac 8C+ at Lincoln Lake. It starts by doing eight moves of The Wheel of Wolvo followed by …
Insomniac 8C+ by Jimmy Webb + interview
James Webb has repeated Drew Ruana's Insomniac 8C+ at Lincoln Lake. It starts by doing eight moves of The Wheel of Wolvo followed by a good rest and then contin…
Becket Hsin, 13, does his fourth and fifth 8B
Beckett Hsin has done Carnage (8B) in Guanella Pass and Evil Backwards (8B) in Mt Evans. In the 8a junior ranking game, the 13-year-old is #2. His brother and …
Katie Lamb makes history
Katie Lamb has become the first woman to climb 8C+ by completing Box Therapy (8C) in RMNP (Misc/Unsorted). Daniel Woods made the FA back in 2018, and only Drew …
Schubert sends Project Big during his 6th Live attempt
"It was dramatic to the very end." On the 8a finish of Project Big in Flatanger, Jakob Schubert explains that a horn broke and he was close to falling. The last three minutes of the video show just how much this climb means to him."This horn could have ended my career... This was the biggest mental …
Will Bosi repeats Return of the Sleepwalker (9A)
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 th…