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Az idei tél nem fog a legszárazabbak közé tartozni, erről Zsigmond Árpi és Komjáti Zoli is tudnának mesélni. Ennek ellenére azért az elmúlt hónapban történt egy s más boulderek mezején. A Graz környéki 7C+ megmászásai után Árpi Svájc felé vette az irányt, ahol Brione-ban tesztelte a maxerejét. A lehavasodott tömbök között projektelődtek a 8A-k, de a legkeményebb megmászás ezúttal 7C lett, nehezebb tömbről lemászással mint felmászással. Így a komment: "I will never forget my way down, from the top of the boulder..." Aztán pár hete Zoli és barátságos bandája szintén Svájc felé vették az irányt, ahol Chironico-ban először megkapták a teljesen leázott szektorokat, de mint utóbb kiderült csak az időjárás tette próbára türelmüket. Ahogy Zolitól megszokhattuk már, a szokásos "tripnyócák" most is jöttek, 8 db utat bezsebelve 7C-8A fokozatok között. Ha még ennél is durvábbat kellene mondani, az vagy a Gabi által éjszaka fejlámpával megmászott 7B lenne vagy pedig Zoli tanítványa Hámori Peti 7C flash megmászása - amit az edzőbá szintén lecsűrt! Vajon az ifjú Padavan a Mester babérjaira tör? Na majd meglátjuk - gratulálunk a szép eredményekhez! És ha már itt tartunk érdemes megemlíteni a világgá ment Agócs Tomit is, Mexico-ban küldte le a Centauro 7c+ -t. Oda is jár a pacsi!

Loic Zehani, who did two 9a FAs last year, has done his sixth 8c+, Alien Carnage in Castillon in just six tries. Check the video. In the 8a ranking game the 15-year-old is #9.

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For the last three years Christof Rauch has been doing almost two 8A or harder Boulders every week, including 10 8B+'s just last year. To make it even more impressive, he works full time as an electrician and building technician on a water plant where he always has Fridays off. What is your drive going for so many hard Boulders instead of just projecting 8C's? Actually I try a lot of hard boulders at the 8B+ and 8C range but most of the time I try some slightly "easier" climbs as well. It's just frustrating for me when I climb nothing for a while. I would say that I have some really good substance. When I am on the rock I mostly climb for about 8h with a few breaks around 20-30 min. Basically I train 1 or 2 times a week in the gym after work and on the weekend I always climb outdoors for 2 times. For example the whole last year i had less than 10 gym sessions on the weekend. If you have no problem with a lot of driving and you're motivated enough you always find a dry spot. I have no specific way to choose my projects. I just try what looks cool and could suite me at least a little bit, then I decide if I keep trying it or put it to rest till I get stronger. Sometimes I do some specific preparation for my projects. For example when I have a project with a lot of underclings I try to built some similar boulders in the gym. But most of the time I just do some basic training with a little bit of fingerboarding and campusing. What about your stretching exercises? I do a lot of stretching for my arms and my legs every day but beside that I do some massage on my forearms and fingers cause of some chronical tendinitis/inflammation. After that I do a few stretching exercises for my fingers and wrist as well. Interview by Stefan Koechel from last December.