Brooke Raboutou, 13, has sent her first V13, repeating Fragile Steps in Rocklands, South Africa. Meanwhile, Alex Puccio also sends her first V13, Top Notch, in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park after just two days attempting the problem.
Megan Mascarenas, 16, of Colorado Springs is sitting in fourth place today after the first round the Bouldering World Cup finale in Laval, France. This weekend marks the finale of the eight Bouldering World Cup events of 2014.Entering with a significant overall lead, Jan Hojer of Germany has already won the World Cup simply by qualifying for the semifinal round. The second-ranked Dimitrii Sharafutdinov of Russia logged his worst performance in years, failing to qualify and handing Hojer the win. Third-ranked Guillaume Glairon Mondet of France and Jongwon Chon of Japan tied for first in the qualifier. Mondet has a chance to place as high as second overall.
Mirko “Kid Crusher” Caballero, 13, has flashed his first V11, Desperado, in Rocklands, South Africa.
Chattanooga, Tennessee, known for its sandstone bouldering and single-pitch climbing, is now home to a new kind of climbing.
The 2014 IFSC Bouldering World Cup continued this weekend in Haiyang, China. This event shared the spotlight with the resumption of the Speed Climbing World Cup and the beginning of the Lead season. The results are in.
America’s Tommy Caldwell and Josh Wharton and Canada’s Sonnie Trotter established You Cannoli Die Once (5.12d/5.13a) on June 9 while vacationing with their families at San Vito Lo Capo in Sicily, Italy.
On her seventh trip up the Nose (5.9 C2), Jes Meiris, taking just 27 hours and change to summit, shattered the previous female solo speed record set in 2002 by Jacqueline Florine who took five days.
Emily Harrington has sent her hardest climb in two and half years with Tom et Je Ris (5.14a) in Verdon Gorge, France.
Armed with towels and toilet paper to dry possible routes, British boulderer David Mason managed to climb 20 boulder problems between V11 and V13 during a 17-day stint in Vastervik, Sweden. Mason traveled to the woodland of Vastervik mainly to project The Hourglass (V13), which he attempted last September while competing in the Vastervik International Boulder Meet.
After falling 3,300 feet Wednesday on Mount Rainier’s Liberty Ridge, six climbers in an Alpine Ascents party are believed to be dead.