Silvio Reffo has done his second 9a+, Goldrake in Cornalba, after eight days of projecting. (c) Enrico Veronese - I started to try the route togheter with Stefano Ghisolfi, since the first attempts I had a good feeling. The route begins immediately with very intense climbing, after a partial rest there's a very hard and technical boulder where I fell many times. Finally yesterday I managed to climb the route and solve this jewel of Cornalba's crag.

Isabelle Faus has done Carefully by Hand 8A+ and the FA of The Dark Daughter 8B in RMNP, which might be the hardest female FA in the world! - Trav into child of God, started matched sitting down right in the lowest part of the seam,, first stand up move is hard.. I'm sure tall people will blow off the first move but I couldn't reach the crimp while sitting.. It's much harder than carefully by hand in my opinion,, fun trav.

In the male qualification, all Top-20 did all five boulders, which can be compared with the 12th semifinalist who did not do any boulder at all. More than 50% of the Top-13 were from Japan and there were just three Europeans, out of which two Russians. Among the female, all Top-3 were from Asia and the big sensation was that Shauna Coxsey did not make it to the final, although she won last four events. Interesting is also that half of the girls did not do a single boulder. Finals start at 15.00 Euro Time. Semi results.

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The first Boulder Would Cup in Mumbai, India, was a great show with extremely good results for Japan. Beside gaining two golds and getting another two medals, they had another three male in the Top-9. Semi results in brackets once again indicate upside-down result in the final in comparison with the semifinal. (c) Shinji Mizumura 1. Fuji Kokoro (5) JPN - Miho Nonaka (3) JPN 2. Tomoa Narasak (3) JPN - Monika Retschy (5) GER 3. Alexey Rubtsov (6) RUS - Akiyo Noguchi (2) JPN Complete results Interesting is also that runner-up Monika Retschy was second last in both the semifinal and the final as well before the last boulder which she onsighted. The two winners of the semifinal, Jongwon Chon and Sol Sa, were #4 and #5 in the final. This confirms that it seems more difficult to start last in the final.

Tamas Zupan has set a new record of dedication by doing his second 8C, Zunami in Saalachtal, driving 7 000 kilometers to reach his goal. - I was there with my friend in the middle of March and I climbed some boulders in the lower sector and I tried Gizmo 8B, which is a variant of Zunami. I live 600 km far from Saalachtal and I could travel there only on Wednesdays because of my work. I woke up at 4:30 a.m., started my journey from home at 5 a.m. and I came in Saalachtal at 11 a.m. I climbed until 2 p.m. and I arrived at 8 p.m. I climbed ’Gizmo’ on the second trip and finally I could manage ’Zunami’ on my 6th trip. The first move is incredible complex because in the same time you should move separately your all limbs when make the crossing movement, after it is really crimpy, overhanging and that’s why I really liked it.

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