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Woods video of Bridge of Ashes 8C

Island.io presents a nice video from Daniel Woods second ascent of Dave Graham's Bridge of Ashes 8C in Elkland.

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by Jens Larssen, Editor-in-Chief

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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15th 8c+ onsight by Adam Ondra

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15th 8c+ onsight by Adam Ondra

Adam Ondra has onsighted his 15th 8c+, Chambao in Baltzola. "Super guapa, but being flexible, it could be a little easier... 9a was postponed due to terrible humidity...I will be back." The runner up in this 8c+ onsight ranking has done one including Alexander Megos 9a. It should also be noted that Adam, last autumn, onsighted two confirmed 9a's in Red River Gorge giving them a personal grade of 8c+. After he comes back to Spain he is going to Flatanger in Norway so we are talking about a total of at least 50 hours of travelling with a car, until he can start looking for a future 9c project. (c) Alvaro Susena

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Boulder WC Slovenia this weekend

The fourth stage of the Boulder World Cup 2013 takes place in Log Dragomer in Slovenia this weekend. The whole event is streamed live. The finals start Sunday 19.00. IFSC video from the last WC in Kitzbühel.

Gozo - The next climbing destination

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Gozo - The next climbing destination

Stevie Haston, one of the best 50+ climbers in the world, has presented an extensive guide to climbing on the Maltese island - Gozo, calling it the next climbing destination. There are currently some 300 routes on the island spread our on 8 sectors.

Two 8c+' by Moroni in Frankenjura

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Two 8c+' by Moroni in Frankenjura

Gabri Moroni has had another great trip to Frankenjura where he did two 8c+ and several almost 30 year old classical including Kamasutra 218. "Gullich '86! 3tries. Hardest 8b ive ever done!" The Italian has recorded 14 routes 8c and harder the last year which stands for 30 % of the total registered in the Frankenjura 8a data base. "Frankenjura is the place where I feel at home and I have been there many times. I feel good there and the style of climbing suits me very well. You love it or you hate it... and the hard routes are kind of specifics with bouldery sequences on bad crimps and pockets." Full report and and more pics by Thomas Horstner in his blog