8c+ by Barbara Zangerl
Barbara Zangerl one of the best female-multi discipline climbers out there has done Chikane in Siurana, which is her first 8c+. (c) Jacopo Larcher "It took me about seven days this year to do Chikane. But I had a look on that one already two years ago. At that time I felt quite far away to connect the hard moves. This year the progress was good. It took me some days to work on the moves then I had a bad fall skipping a draw. After that fall I almost did it but I had some troubles with my mind. Luckily two days later I was more self-confident and finally Chikane was kind with me and didn't kick me off again. Feels so good to enjoy simple life here in Spain and get back into sport climbing mode.

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A hรฉtvรฉge szรกmos megmรกszรกst tartogatott magyarhonban. Kล‘-รกrokban Izer a harmadik megmรกszรกsรกt kรถnyvelhette el a Szent Pรฉter esernyล‘je 8a-รบtnak. Pรกr sor az รกtlelkesรผlt kommentbล‘l: Nincsenek szavak arra az รฉrzรฉsre amit most รฉrzek. Nagyon sok รฉv hosszรบ projektje, vรฉgtelen idล‘ ment el a bรฉta kitalรกlรกsรกra. Decemberben a kunsztot egy รผlรฉssel รกt tudtam mรกszni, de egyben nem volt esรฉly. A lรฉpรฉsek annyira kicsik voltak, hogy nem tudtam a 4 szรกmmal kisebb Pythonban megcsinรกlni, รบgyhogy a stabilabb lรฉpรฉs รฉrdekรฉben vettem egy a lรกbamnรกl 6 szรกmmal kisebb Cobrรกt. Ezt egy รฉvbe kerรผlt kitรกgรญtani(รฉs tatni kรถsz robi) รบgy hogy ne kopjon el. Ezt a napot sosem felejtem el... A vasรกrnapi esล‘ ellenรฉre a hazalรกtogatott Nรกndi nem volt tรฉtlen รฉs talรกlt is olyan holtkรณrost aki kicsรกbรญthatรณ ilyen idล‘ben is boulderezni. Egy motivรกlt csรถpรถgล‘s csapatรกs alatt Nรกndi 4. megmรกszรณja lett a Tripla รฉlvezet 8A nehรฉzsรฉgลฑ bouldernek. Edzรฉskรฉppen (รฉs a kamera kedvรฉรฉrt) megmรกszta tรถbbszรถr is, megmutatva a hitetleneknek a 8B erล‘t. Az elmรบlt hetekben is รฉrtek a babรฉrok, 8A First Ascent Spitzen a stรญlusos Burden of Dreams nรฉven, รฉs 7C flash. Nรกndinak lassan ez a standard. De kรผlfรถldรถn is tรถrtรฉntek a dolgok. A reibungos befejezรฉsekkel megbarรกtkozva Barabรกs Gรกbor megmรกszta a Thai city nevลฑ 8a-t, ami Gabo 36. 8a feletti รบtja, de ha jรณl sejtem idรฉn jelentล‘sen bล‘vรผlni fog ez a lista. Grat maan, yamannn!

Itziar Zabala (22) has an untypical background. She is possibly the first woman ever to jump from 7C+ to 8A+. And that has happened in the late 2016 with Solaris 8A+ in Baltzola, Spain, which had a FFA by legendary Josune Beraziartu in 2003, first woman to climb 9a/a+. The problem was established ages ago and always has been a solid 8A+, sent by many of the best climbers of Spain. Note that also Itziar did her first 8a route when she was 15 years old. After Solaris, she did also her first 8A's few weeks ago, Harrobi and Atreyu both in Albarracรญn, Spain. What was your hardest problem sent before Solaris? I used to climb indoors a lot; comps and I just have done easier grades up to 7C+. Do you follow any training program and what is your project for 2017? Last year I trained a lot in the local gym with a training program, but nowadays I haven't trained in the last 6 months, just climbing outdoors. Projects? Just travel and climb!