Keyword: bouldering

We accompanied Alexander Megos at the European Championships and looked into the question: does our sport have a problem with route setting?

At the moment, the best climbers in the world are handing each other a hand in the Magic Wood. Camille Coudert has ended his two-week Avers trip with an impressive ticklist. Yannick Flohé is just getting started. And Anna Hazelnutt once again shows nerves of steel.

An open secret for a long time, officially and as a video can be marveled at today: Shawn Raboutou's first ascent of Boulder Alphane (9A). The strong American not only opened the first 9A boulder in Switzerland with the extremely strong and equally technical line, but only the third worldwide.

After the Bouldering and Lead Climbing disciplines, Janja Garnbret also wins the new combined Bouldering & Lead format at the European Climbing Championships in Munich, which will be used at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Second is compatriot Mia Krampl, third is the Austrian Jessica Pilz.

From August 11th to 18th, the European Climbing Championships in Munich will host the competitions in the disciplines Bouldering, Lead, Speed ​​and in the combined Boulder & Lead format. Here is the live stream.

The Bouldering Mecca Rocklands is a busy place. As a result, rows of hard lines are repeated: Stefan Scarperi climbs Monkey Wedding (8C), Flo Wintjes flashes Amandla (8B +) and Elias Iagnemma returns home with a whole series of boulders in the upper eighth grade on his tick list.

From August 11th to 18th, 2022 the European Championships in Climbing will take place. The individual disciplines Speed, Bouldering and Lead will be held on the Königsplatz in Munich, as well as the new combination format Boulder & Lead, which will also be climbed at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. These climbers from Switzerland, Germany and Austria will be there.

Aidan Roberts is currently one of the absolute top class in bouldering. He pulls one high-end boulder after the other and can - at least since his most recent training video - be regarded as a serious candidate for bouldering grade 9A.