Jon Cardwell completed Kinematix, his first 5.14d/9a at Gorges Du Loup in France. Kinematix was put up by Andreas Bindhammer in 2001. There has been some controversey over this route due to it being the most repeated 9a in the world and the grade has been questioned. The fact that the cliff is very acessable with little hiking surely aids in the many repetitions. (note: Gorges Du Loup is widely known for it's gym-like-manufactured routes)
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Dave Graham completed his nemesi Lung Fish 14b/8c as well as the first onsight of Gropius which was 8b but since holds have broken, may be considered 8b+. Time will tell.
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Ethan Pringle had a great week in Rifle as well with ascents of Girl Talk 8c+, which he put on 8a.nu as 8c and made a one day ascent of Matt Segal's Arangutan Overhang which Ethan claims is more like 8b than 8b+.
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Carlo Traversi with VERY little hard route experience had an amazing weekend with ascents of Simply Read 8b, Benign Intervention 8c, and Girl Talk 8c+.
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Sources: Niceclimbing.com, 8a.nu

