Compass North was the French climber's first of the grade
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The Rookery is Lamb's ninth boulder at 8B+. She has three further ascents at 8C, and is the only female climber to have multiple ascents at the grade.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=780034
Italian climber, Elias Iagnemma, has made the first ascent of Italy’s first Font 9A, The Big Slamm.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/elias-iagnemma-makes-first-ascent-of-the-big-slamm-font-9a/
The route, his third at 9a+ in 2024 alone, was first climbed by Alex Megos in 2016, but is best known for its second ascent, when Adam Ondra became the first person ever to flash a route at 9a+.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=777086
She recently made some solid links on Adam Ondra's unrepeated Terranova V16
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“I climb my best 4,000 feet off the ground” – Alex Honnold. Luke Mehall + Alex Honnold in dirtbag state of mind.
https://climbingzine.com/untroubled-with-alex-honnold/
He established bold new alpine routes and wrote one of the most influential climbing books ever
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