Brooke Raboutou (19) has added to her impressive run of form in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado by ticking Daniel Woods' Jade 8B+, while her USA Climbing teammate Drew Ruana (21) climbed Creature From the Black Lagoon 8C+, also in RMNP.
Raboutou's ascent of Jade is the second female ascent after Alex Puccio climbed the line in 2014. On her last attempt of the day, she also managed to climb Two Ton Skeleton 8B (+/-). These two boulders are Raboutou's sixth and seventh of 8B or above that she's ticked-off post-lockdown.
Ruana has now climbed three 8C+ boulders this year, following his ascents of Sleepwalker and Box Therapy. Carlo Traversi also repeated the line - first climbed by Daniel Woods in 2016 - just three weeks ago.
Raboutou has qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and would ordinarily have been preparing for and competing in Tokyo this summer. She is the daughter of former champion competition and rock climbers Didier Raboutou and Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou.
Since failing to qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Games, Ruana has turned his attention to hard bouldering. Ruana is also the son of climbers, and has previously notched up hard sport redpoints up to 9a.
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