UKC

Nacho Sánchez from Murcia, Spain, is probably one of the lesser known 8C boulderers in the world. No doubt, this is because he doesn't travel much yet(?), but tends to hang around the many quality areas Spain has to offer.
Here are a couple of video with the steel fingered Iberian.
The first...

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In reply to Björn Pohl - UKC:

He did live in Sheffield for a year though.

In reply to Björn Pohl - UKC: Nacho lived in Sheffield for a while and did a Low start to Keen Roof amongst other things. I believe he's also done the full Never Ending Story and a few other hard things in Magic Wood.

In reply to Björn Pohl - UKC:

So how many 8c boulderes are there, roughly?

jcm

In reply to johncoxmysteriously:

By no means a complete list:

Adam Ondra
Daniel Woods
David Graham
Nalle Hukkataival
Paul Robinson
Mickey Page
Fred Nicole
Dai Koyamada
Bernd Zangerl
Christian Core
John Gaskins
Carlo Traversi
Nacho Sanchez
Bernard Schwaiger
Michele Caminati
Vinent Pochon
Sebastien Frigault
Guntram Jorg
Mauro Calibani
Toni Lamprecht
Chris Webb Parsons
Markus Bock
Thomas Willenberg
Magnus Mitbo

The list probably gets a lot smaller when you only count guys who have done multiple 8Cs and/or confirmed 8Cs.

In reply to Epsilon:

Antoine Vandeputte and Julien Nadiras repeated Tonino 78 (8c+) but I don't know if either of them have done any 8cs

In reply to Björn Pohl - UKC:

A shout for Ty Landman.

In reply to Björn Pohl - UKC: Is mickey page the only brit?

In reply to Alex Mason: Not unless Mr Gaskins has changed nationality.

In reply to Peter Walker:

Gaskins isn't of this realm

We must not forget Chris Sharma!

In reply to DaBa: Fair point, Dreamtime (pre-breakage), Practice of the Wild etc.

Is it just me or does Nacho's knee flexibility on that 8A+ freak anyone else out? His strength is pretty crazy, did nobody show him Il Pirata while he was living here?

In reply to Epsilon:
Here is a "complete" list of all the 8C/+ first ascents/repeats in the world:
http://bit.ly/t1C8IT

In reply to mplaine:
Dan Beall
Rémy Bergasse
Markus Bock
Mauro Calibani
Michele Caminati
Urh Čehovin
Fabian Christof
Christian Core
Benjamin Cossey
Arjan de Kock
Romain Desgranges
Shawn Diamond
Sam Edwards
Sébastien Frigault
John Gaskins
David Graham
Anthony Gullsten
Nalle Hukkataival
Guntram Jörg
James Kassay
Dai Koyamada
Toni Lamprecht
Tyler Landman
Sean McColl
Lucas Ménégatti
Magnus Midtbø
Julien Nadiras
Frederic Nicole
Kornelius Obleitner
Adam Ondra
Micky Page
Vincent Pochon
Ethan Pringle
Paul Robinson
Nacho Sánchez
Phillip Schaal
Bernhard Schwaiger
Chris Sharma
Radovan Souček
Carlo Traversi
Antoine Vandeputte
James Webb
Chris Webb Parsons
Franz Widmer
Thomas Willenberg
Markus Windisch
Daniel Woods
Bernd Zangerl

48 different names in total.

In reply to mplaine:
A list of climbers, who have done at least one 8C or harder boulder problem (traverses excluded). Format: name (# of FAs/# of repeats):
Dan Beall (0/1)
Rémy Bergasse (1/0)
Markus Bock (2/0)
Mauro Calibani (1/0)
Michele Caminati (0/1)
Urh Cehovin (1/0)
Fabian Christof (0/1)
Christian Core (2/0)
Benjamin Cossey (0/1)
Arjan de Kock (0/1)
Romain Desgranges (1/0)
Shawn Diamond (0/1)
Sam Edwards (0/1)
Sébastien Frigault (4/0)
John Gaskins (3/1)
David Graham (5/1)
Anthony Gullsten (0/1)
Nalle Hukkataival (1/2)
Guntram Jörg (0/2)
James Kassay (0/2)
Dai Koyamada (16/4)
Toni Lamprecht (4/0)
Tyler Landman (0/3)
Sean McColl (0/1)
Lucas Ménégatti (0/2)
Magnus Midtbø (1/0)
Julien Nadiras (0/1)
Frederic Nicole (9/2)
Kornelius Obleitner (0/1)
Adam Ondra (3/7)
Micky Page (1/5)
Vincent Pochon (1/1)
Ethan Pringle (0/2)
Paul Robinson (3/8)
Nacho Sánchez (1/0)
Phillip Schaal (0/1)
Bernhard Schwaiger (5/1)
Chris Sharma (2/0)
Radovan Soucek (0/1)
Carlo Traversi (0/2)
Antoine Vandeputte (0/1)
James Webb (0/1)
Chris Webb Parsons (1/2)
Franz Widmer (1/2)
Thomas Willenberg (2/2)
Markus Windisch (0/1)
Daniel Woods (8/7)
Bernd Zangerl (2/2)