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During the IFSC press conference, the President Marco Scolaris said that it is hard to understand the scoring in bouldering but they are working on a solution that will be presented in some months. The athlete representative, Sean McColl said that the scoring with points is a possibility and it was also said that the USA method is interesting. In reality, the four IFSC representatives almost seemed ashamed in regards the scoring system and that it was ten years old. 8a has several times suggested format as well as scoring system in regards points instead of Tops and Bonuses. The changes with 6 minutes instead of 8 minutes in Lead finals, as well as 4 minutes instead of 4+ minutes in bouldering finals, were made to fit into TV. Scolaris: "At the moment, this is the solution we were able to produce under pressure. We know many people were not satisfied, not happy." "We expect to convince IOC, but not only, that hopefully before 2020 that we deserve some help, because the sport is growing to fast and we do not have the resources to manage the sport. If it goes on in this way and our income does not increase and therefore we are not able to hire additional human resources. We will become victim of our success."

9a/+ FA link-up in Oliana by Patxi Usobiaga (37)
Patxi Usobiaga, the best climber in the world during the late -00's and who then got a neck injury from a traffic accident, has written a new blog. Road to discovery - beyond 9a. "It is with pure joy and restless motivation that I write this post. I am so overwhelmed right now. Just days after celebrating the 14 year anniversary of my first 9a ascent (Il Domani) I sent a new linkup between Joe Blau (8c+) and Papichulo (9a+) and I think it could be dubbed Patxitxulo 9a/+ (5.14d/5.15a)." (c) Javi Pec

8c rope solo MP FA by Fabian Buhl
Fabian Buhl has released the amazing news about his 8c rope solo FA of the 7 pitches Ganesha in Sonnenwand. It took the former 8C boulder some 20 days, totally by himself, to do it ground up adding just four bolts. (c) Stefan Schlumpf His self-belay system involved an upside down Grigri and a lot of tricks and he took countless fall up to 18 meters. It took him four days just to reach the top. "Freeclimbing and taking big falls until I could fix myself to bolt it. Belays are bolted and then 4 bolts for protection rest is trad." The FA was done last fall but he choose not to say anything until the amazing video was released. In regards to if he has any new projects: "Yes, but I don't talk so much about projects. But I like to bring my solo climbing to bigger mountains."

9a/+ FA รถsszekรถtรฉs Oliana-n Patxi Usobiagatรณl
Patxi Usobiaga, egyike a legjobb mรกszรณknak a 2000-es รฉvektล‘l, sajnos egy autรณbalesetnรฉl รถsszeszedett vรกllsรฉrรผlรฉs miatt korรกbban kellett befejeznie a sportmรกszรณ karriert mint tervezte. De Patxi rendรญthetetlen รฉs visszatรฉrt. Tavaly mรกr letolta รบjkori 9a-jรกt, most pedig ล‘ is hozzรกjรกrult az olianai fal "elgerecsรฉsรญtรฉsรฉhez", azaz Adam utan ล‘ is nyitogatja a variรกns nehรฉz utakat. Na de ha mรกs nem az รบt neve olyannyira valid, hogy megbocsรกjtjuk ezt a kis szรฉpsรฉghibรกt, megszรผletett hรกt a Patxitxulo 9a/+, ami a Joe Blau (8c+) and Papichulo (9a+) kรถzรถtti รถsszekรถtรฉs. Egyรฉnkรฉnt Patxi pรกr nap hรญjรกn 14 รฉve mรกszta elsล‘ 9a รบtjรกt, az Il Domani-t, mely Adam Ondra elsล‘ 9a on-sightja lett kรฉsล‘bb. pรกr รถrรถmteli sor รฉs kis sztorik: Road to discovery - beyond 9a.

Ganesha 8c tรถbbkรถtรฉlhosszas kรถtรฉlsolo FA Fabian Buhltรณl
A Buhl nรฉvrล‘l a legtรถbb embernek Hermann Buhl jutna eszรฉbe, aki a Nanga Parbat รฉs a Broad Peak nyolcezresek elsล‘ megmรกszรณja volt, igazi kรผlรถnc, nagy lรกzadรณ...de ez a Buhl egy mรกsik sztori. Szinte senki nem ismeri a mai mรกszรณk kรถzรผl a hardcore nagyfalas arcokat. Ismerik a bouldervideรณkbรณl a hรญressรฉgeket, a sztรกr sportmรกszรณkat... de azt a maroknyi kemรฉny legรฉnyt - akik hihetetlen nagyfalas teljesรญtmรฉnyeket nyรบjtanak - mintha elkerรผlnรฉ a mรฉdia arzenรกl. ร–rรผlรถk, hogy az ifjรบ Fabian kivรฉtel. Fabian Buhl egy csรบcs cikkben szรกmol be arrรณl, hogy kell egy 8c nehรฉzsรฉgลฑ 7 kรถtรฉlhosszas nagyfalat egyedรผl megnyitni kรถtรฉlszoloval.. A 8C boulderes vagy 20 napot foglalkozott a nagy vaddal, ami egyรฉbkรฉnt Alex Huber mestermunkรกja. (c) Stefan Schlumpf Az รถnbiztosรญtรกs รฉs a kรถtรฉlsolo fogalmak itthon รบgy vesznek el az รฉterben mint a szรผrke szamรกr, holott ezek bejรกratott รฉs lรฉtezล‘ technikรกk. Egy lefelรฉ fordรญtott grigri รฉs szรกmos egyรฉb trรผkk - nรฉha akรกr 18 mรฉteres esรฉst kockรกztatva...valami ilyesmi egy nehรฉz รบt kรถtรฉlszolozรกsa. 4 nap kellett a 7 kรถtรฉlhossz lekรผzdรฉsรฉhez รฉs a sztori netovรกbbja, hogy mindรถssze 4 nittet vett igรฉnybe, az รถsszes tรถbbi biztosรญtรกsi pont trad stรญlusban lett elhelyezve... ร‰rdemes csekkolni a gyรถnyรถrลฑ vidit is:

Poฤas tlaฤovej konferencie IFSC sa jej prezident Marco Scolaris vyjadril, ลพe je ลฅaลพkรฉ porozumieลฅ ลกtรฝlu poฤรญtania bodov pri bouldrovรฝch zรกvodoch a ลพe pracujรบ na rieลกenรญ, ktorรฉ by mohli predstaviลฅ v priebehu niekoฤพkรฝch mesiacov. Reprezentant pretekรกrov Sean McColl povedal, ลพe moลพnosลฅou by bolo hodnotenie pomocou bodov a ลพe metรณda, ktorรก sa pouลพรญva v USA je takisto zaujรญmavรก. V skutoฤnosti sa zdalo, ลพe ลกtyria zastupujรบci ฤlenovia IFSC sa za systรฉm hodnotenia, ktorรฝ je desaลฅ rokov starรฝ, hanbili. 8a uลพ niekoฤพkokrรกt navrhovalo inรฝ formรกt, ako aj systรฉm bodovรฉho hodnotenia ako alternatรญvu pouลพรญvania systรฉmu Zรณn a Topov. Zmena ฤasu na prelez vo finรกle lezenia s lanom z 8 minรบt na 6 a zo 4+ minรบt na 4 minรบty vo finรกle boulderingu sรบ nastavenรฉ tak, aby boli vhodnรฉ pre televรญziu. Scolaris: "Momentรกlne je toto rieลกenie, ktorรฉ vieme predloลพiลฅ pod tlakom. Vieme, ลพe veฤพa ฤพudรญ nie je spokojnรฝch, nie sรบ z rieลกenia ลกลฅastnรฝ." "Oฤakรกvame, ลพe presvedฤรญme IOC (Medzinรกrodnรบ olympijskรบ komisiu) a nielen ich, ลพe pred 2020 budeme potrebovaลฅ pomoc, lebo nรกลก ลกport rastie prรญliลก rรฝchlo a nemรกme dostatoฤnรฉ zdroje na to, aby som ho mohli meneลพovaลฅ. Ak to takto pรดjde ฤalej, ak sa naลกe prรญjmy nezvรฝลกia, nebudeme maลฅ dostatoฤnรฉ mnoลพstvo peลˆazรญ, aby sme zamestnali ฤalลกรญch ฤพudรญ. Staneme sa obeลฅami nรกลกho รบspechu." Autor: Jens Larssen

Patxi Usobiaga (37) preliezol 9a/+ FA spojenie v Oliane
Novรฝ blog z dielne Patxiho Usobiagu, najlepลกieho lezca sveta poฤas rokov 2005 aลพ 2010, ktorรฝ kvรดli zraneniu pri autonehode na dlhลกรญ ฤas odiลกiel z lezeckej scรฉny: Road to discovery - beyond 9a. "Tento post pรญลกem s ฤistou radosลฅou a neupadajรบcou motivรกciou. Som naozaj ohromenรฝ. Len niekoฤพko dnรญ po tom, ฤo som oslรกvil ลกtrnรกste vรฝroฤie mรดjho prvรฉho prelezu 9a (Il Domani) som vyliezol novรฉ spojenie ciest Joe Blau (8c+) a Papichulo (9a+) a myslรญm, ลพe by sa mohlo volaลฅ Patxitxulo 9a/+ (5.14d/5.15a)." (c) Javi Pec