5 December 2007

8c+ 2nd go by Patxi (and Irati)

After an amazing last week and a half there seems to be nothing stopping Senor Usobiaga. Today he did another 8c+, Mercenaris del passat, in Santa Linya (in just two tries). He says that it is a hard 8c+ but that he's feeling incredible strong. He hopes this streak will continue. This means he has climbed two 9a+'s, one 9a, three 8c+'s and onsighted one 8c, one 8b+ and two 8b's in the last 11 days. This is a new superior world record and the totally amazing thing is that only these last 10 ascents would give him 12 902 points, #1 in the world ranking. In the yearbook of 2007, we hope to present some of his training tips! Picture by his girlfriend Irati Anda who today flashed Asaltin Bankis, 8a+ and redpointed La ruta del sol, 8b.
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