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Favresse' hardest crack in Norway

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Favresse' hardest crack in Norway

Planet Mountain reports that Nicolas Favresse has opened The Recovery Drink in Jössingfjord - Norway, giving it no grade but saying it is his hardest crack ever, so it should be at least 8c. Nicolas comments that some gear was pre-placed in order to make it easier to clean the 35 m overhanging crack after falls. I have finally sent my long term king line crack project in Norway last Wednesday! I feel so happy and complete;) It's for sure one of the coolest line I have ever climbed and the hardest crack I have ever redpointed. (c) Jean-Louis Wertz

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Solveig Korherr - excelling at sport climbing and bouldering, and now launching into trad...

Solveig Korherr - excelling at sport climbing and bouldering, and now launching into trad...

Solveig Korherr, who over the last six weeks, has done several 8A boulders and an 8c route, has been on a trad trip to Cadarese, where she sent two 8a's and ons…

Radek Votocek and the stunning Rock Erotic

Radek Votocek did five 8c+ graded routes last year and Rock Erotic (8c+) in Geyik bayiri was his hardest, as it's officially (8c+/9a). Lukáš Černý has put together the video and says, "I had the pleasure to film with Radek during my Christmas trip, and I was able to record some more of his new entr…

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8b+ by Mirko Caballero (12)

Mirko Caballero has done his fifth 8b+, Scarface in Smith Rocks. "Yea! So psyched to send this rig! Great powerful climbing leads to a hard sequence over the lip and then fun scary run-out face climbing to the top! Good 'ole Smiffy classic!" In the Combined Ranking Game the 12 year old is #1 for youngsters up to 19 years old!

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Slovenia dominates Junior-Euro in bouldering

94: Domen Skopfic SLO - Karoline Sinnhuber AUT 96: Yohann Dechamps FRA - Margaux Pucheux FRA 98: Matic Kofar SLO - Janja Garnbret SLO Amazing to see that Slovenia with just 2 million inhabitants continue to produce top climbers. Also France and Austrian youngsters did very well and after these three countries there is a big gap.

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80 year old summits Mount Everest

BBC reports that Yuichiro Miura (80) stood on the top of Mount Everest yesterday, making him the oldest guy ever. Miura had heart surgery four times and stood on the top twice before. Next week, the previous record holder, Min Bahadur Shercan (81) will make an attempt to get the record back.

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The Island Trilogy Video

Island.io: "Part One of the Island Trilogy. 4 years in the making, totally worth it! Available for download from our very own Films button! [island.io/films] on May 20th 2013. Featuring Dave Graham, Jon Cardwell, Daniel Woods, Isaac Caldiero Joe Kinder, Colette Mcinierney and Enzo Oddo. Shot on location by the crew in Ceuse and Nice in France and in Verbier and Zurich in Switzerland.