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Jon Cardwell and Kilian Fischhuber both went into A muerte mode and got out there and killed it yesterday. Buma ye, that is, Dani Andrada's hard 8c+ next to the infamous FRFM project at the Laboratory, Margalef. I know Jon had been working it for a while with difficulties coming to terms with the...

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Some of these replies were posted on Björn's old blog website, and so won't be from registered UKC users

Is 8c+ redpoint even newsworthy these days of Ondra?

since this fortunately isn´t 8a.nu, yes 8c+ is still newsworthy in my opinion, especially since some pretty bouldery route is concerned and not some 2nd. try sendable endurance feast...

It seems loud Americans doing 8c+ get more press than Europeans doing 9a. Why is that? Are they better at marketing themselves? Like Joe Kinder, he would barely make top 50 as a rope climber in Europe, but still everyone knows his name. Are we playing their marketing game and directing sponsor money to the wrong kids?

Well... I don't think this is a question of some climbers getting too much press, but rather about some not getting enough. I'd be happy to write a lot more about climbers from any part of the world doing well, but I can only write what I know... I urge all climbers (especially those who are really good to drop me a line or, even better, add me on Facebook. You can write to me in any language really, but I'll have to answer in English...