La Rambla 9a+ by Margo Hayes (18)
Margo Hayes has become the first female to have conquered the 9a+ grade by doing La Rambla in Siurana today. The 18-year-old has previously done one 9a and last year she won the Youth World Championship in Lead, Boulder and Combined. (c) Matty Hong, who also did the route today. Greg Mionske, who got it on video, tells us it took Margo seven days to get prepared for the big send. In 2005, Josune Bereziartu did Bibaluna graded 9a/+. Also Ashima Shiraishi has done two routes where 9a/+ has been mentioned, Open Your Mind Direct and Ciudad de Dios. More info to come but clearly, Margo's ascent is one of the most ground breaking ones in the history of sport climbing. It is also noteworthy that in the same area, Laura Rogora (15) did her second 9a today, Joe-Cita in Oliana. These youngsters are about to set new standards. They are getting closer to what male teenagers are able to do. See the news below and further below for more info on La Rambla posted in the article about Matty Hong.

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Mรกsodik 9a Laurรกtรณl (15)
Laura Rogora lekรผldte a Joe-Cita 9a-t Olianรกn, amivel 10. a 8a vilรกgranglistรกjรกn - nล‘k kรถzรถtt pedig termรฉszetesen vezeti. Azรฉrt elรฉg durva belegondolni, hogy egy 15 รฉves lรกny befรฉr az รฉlsportolรณ nล‘k รฉs fรฉrfiak vilรกgรกba. De kรฉsล‘bb bล‘vebben! Javi Pec

A tegnapi nap "Margojรกra": La Rambla 9a+ Margo Hayestล‘l
A poszt ami mellett nem mehet el a mรกszรณvilรกg รฉs ami sokakban felkorbรกcsolta az รกllรณvizet, avagy elgondolkodtat รฉs tiszteletet รฉbreszt. Margo Hayes lett az elsล‘ 9a+ -ra fokozott รบt nล‘i megmรกszรณja. Semmi slash grade (osztott fokozat), semmi kitรถrt fogรกs-vita. A spanyolorszรกgi La Rambla 9a+ kente le a gyรถnyรถrลฑ รฉs bรกjos 18 รฉves fiatalsรกg. A csajszi tavaly mรกszta elsล‘ 9a-jรกt (megjegyzem csendesen Farkas Tamรกs szerint ez az a fokozat amit egy hobbimรกszรณ elรฉrhet), most pedig egyel nล‘tt a tรฉt! A szintรฉn Amerikai Matty Hong is lecsลฑrte egy nappal korรกbban az utat, Greg Mionske pedig, aki a fotรณblogjรกrรณl รฉs videรณirรณl is hรญres - arrรณl szรกmolt be, hogy Margonak 7 nap projektelรฉs kellett a nagy menet elล‘tt. Eszmรฉletlen hol tart a sport... szegรฉny Dani Andrada biztos รกlmatlan รฉjszakรกkkal szenved... ล‘ rรฉgebb รณta projekteli a Rambla-t mint ahรกny รฉves az amcsi leรกnyzรณ. Persze a nagy posztolรกsok รฉs vรฉgtelen megosztรกsok utรกn, szรกmos szรกjkarate is kialakult arrรณl, mi ez a fokozat, ez-e az elsล‘ nล‘i 9a+ รฉs a tรถbbi... A mรบlt homรกlyรกba vรฉsz, hogy 2005-ben Josune Bereziartu megmรกszta a Bibaluna nevลฑ utat Franciaorszรกgban, amit kรฉsล‘bb slash grade-re รฉrtรฉkeltek 9a/+ -kรฉnt, illetve ott vannak mรฉg az Ashima รกltal mรกszott 9a/+ -os utak, plรกne, hogy az Open Your Mind Direct fogรกskitรถrรฉssel lett ismรฉtelve amit mรกr rรฉgebben is Ramon Julian 9a+ra voksolt, de az รถreg Mateusz (Halaggyรกl!) รฉs Jakob Schubert kรฉsล‘bb inkรกbb a nehรฉz 9a tartomรกnyรกba erล‘sรญtett be. Hogy az ezutรกni fogรกskitรถrรฉs mit nehezรญtett, azt csak az idล‘ fogja megmondani - de kรถnnyen lehet hogy nem Margรณรฉ az ikonikus cรญm elnyerรฉse. Pusztรกn ez egy hatalmas teljesรญtmรฉny รฉs gyรถnyรถrลฑ dolog, ami kicsit megszaladt az Instรกn. De tรฉny ami tรฉny, a La Rambla-t megmรกszni nem akรกrmilyen รกttรถrรฉs. Hรถlgy elรฉrzรฉkenyรผlรฉse az Instagramrรณl: Teljesen el vagyok รกrasztva az รผzenetekkel รฉs alรกzatosan fejet hajtok az elล‘tt a tรกmogatรกs elล‘tt amit a mรกszรณtรกrsadalomtรณl, csalรกdomtรณl, kรถzeli รฉs tรกvoli barรกtoktรณl kaptam. Egyikรผnk sem รฉrheti el az รกlmait egyedรผl, egyรผtt รฉpรญtjรผk azokat รฉs azok is akik elล‘ttรผnk jรกrtak. Nem csak egy, a hรกtteret รฉs kรผlรถnbsรฉgeket figyelmen kรญvรผl hagyva egymรกst segรญtล‘ kรถzรถssรฉg vagyunk, hanem egy olyan ami felismeri a bolygรณnk megรณvรกsรกnak fontossรกgรกt. Mรบlt hรฉtvรฉgรฉn volt egy pillanatkรฉp, arrรณl milyen lehet a vilรกgunk, a kรผlรถnbรถzล‘ nemzetek mรกszรณi a Siurana-i szektorban mind egyek voltak, egy egymรกst tรกmogatรณ kรถzรถssรฉg, aki egy nyelvet beszรฉl รฉs bรฉkรฉben...

Nastav si ciele tak, aby si vytvรกral ลกirokรบ lezeckรบ pyramรญdu
Systรฉm dennรญฤkov 8a, ktorรฝ poฤรญta Top-10 prelezov, bol vytvorenรฝ v roku 2000 a nastavenรฝ tak, aby podporoval vytvรกranie lezeckej pyramรญdy u kaลพdรฉho lezca a nastavovanie cieฤพov tak, aby sa neustรกle rozลกirovala. Takรฉto ciele sรบ zรกbavnejลกie a prispievajรบ aj k znรญลพeniu rizika zranenia v porovnanรญ s tรฝm, keฤ ideลก za zvรฝลกenรญm svojho maxima. ล irลกia zรกkladลˆa pyramรญdy je takisto dobrou cestou, ako sa z dlhodobรฉho hฤพadiska staลฅ lepลกรญm lezcom. Ak je Tvojou najลฅaลพลกou cestou 7a, skรบs ich pred tรฝm, ako sa pustรญลก do 7a+, preliezลฅ aspoลˆ 4 a drลพ sa tohto pravidla tak, aby si v dobe, keฤ prelezieลก svoje prvรฉ 7b mal na konte 16 7a-ฤok. Najvรคฤลกรญm rizikom v prรญpade, ลพe mรก Tvoja pyramรญda uลพลกiu zรกkladลˆu a ลกirลกรญ ลกpic je, ลพe sa mรดลพe veฤพmi ฤพahko "zrรบtiลฅ", keฤลพe neprichรกdza progress a je veฤพkรฉ rizika zranenia, ฤo mรดลพe viesลฅ aลพ k รบplnรฉmu seknutiu s lezenรญm. Pyramรญda na obrรกzku je z profilu Christofa Raucha, o ktorom sme nedรกvno pรญsali, a je z nej jasnรฉ, ลพe Christof mรก potenciรกl svoje lezenie posunรบลฅ eลกte ฤalej, ak pridรก na รบplnรฝ vrchol svojej pyramรญdy viac dielikov (8C-ฤok). Adam Ondra mรก takisto veฤพmi dobrรฝ zรกklad s viac ako 90timi prelezenรฝmi 9a-ฤkami.

Set wide pyramid grade goals
The 8a scorecard system counting the Top-10 ascents was set up in 2000 in order to promote pyramid grade goals. Such goals are fun and reduce the risk for injuries in comparison to just working on the next grade progress. To have a broad base in your pyramid will also make you a better climber in the long run. If your personal best is 7a, try to do at least four before going for a 7a+ and try to continue this 4-multiplication so the day you do your first 7b, you already have around 16 7a's. The biggest risk when your pyramid starts looking like a spire is that it can very easily break and you might stop climbing. The pyramid in the picture is from Christof Rauch's account. It shows much more potential to progress if he aims on adding some rocks on the top of his grade pyramid. Also Adam Ondra has a solid base with more than 90 9a's.

Moritz Perwitzschky (17) sets new standards
Moritz Perwitzschky has done ten boulders graded 8A to 8B in Kochel this weekend. This means that the 17-year-old has done a total of 44 boulders 8A and harder in 2017! In 2016, he did a total of 22 boulders 8A and harder, seven out of which he sent in December. Something has really kicked in! How can you explain this extreme progress? I focused on rope climbing last year and also had school, so this year there's much more time for bouldering and I also use that for training too. Seems it works quite well for me. Is it not time to raise the bar and go for something really hard? I think not. I just want to climb as much as possible and the result doesn't even matter. The fitness and the sends will come sooner or later, if you don't get injured. And as I don't do any systematical training, I don't really know, what I'm capable of so let's see.