UKC

The UK's James Pearson, 21, aka Keen Youth, has just returned from a bouldering trip to Ticino in Switzerland where he made his third Font 8b flash, Schule des Lebens.

This is very significant as the hardest boulder problems in the world are Font 8c (or V15) and no one has achieved one Font 8b (or ...

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In reply to Mick Ryan - Editor - UKC:

Nice one on trying again Mick. Keen Yoof deserves some credit and I hope this thread doesn't go the way of the other. Tick marks blaaah.

In reply to GCW: Well done James

In reply to Mick Ryan - Editor - UKC:

As of very late December there is now one other person on his heels; Paul Robinson has flashed Nagual, V13, at Hueco.

Still, with 3 of 4 reported 8B flashes worldwide, praise is still due to James!