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30 April 2017

Nanjing Highlights

9a+ FA by Stefano Ghisolfi
Stefano Ghisolfi has did his ninth 9a+ by the FA of One Punch in Arco. Last year, the 24 year old Italian was #4 in the Lead World Cup after having one event. (c) Vertical Eye - Matteo Pavana. "Ten days of work, my hardest 9a+ so far, I think could be close to 9b. Second hardest route in Arco! Belayed by Adam!"

Hรฉtvรฉgรฉn lezajlott a kรญnai boulder vilรกgkupafutam. Felpรถrรถgtek az esemรฉnyek, rรกadรกsul szรกmos รฉrdekessรฉg is รถvezi ezt a sorozatot. Kรญnai ha durrant, az mindig nagyot szรณl. ลk nem lacafacรกztak: megpรกlyรกztak kรฉt boulder vilรกgkupa rendezรฉst is (egy hรฉt kรผlรถnbsรฉggel), meg is kaptรกk - รฉs meg is tudtak felelni a kikรถtรฉsnek: Idรฉn a tรถrtรฉnelem sorรกn elล‘szรถr Kรญnai is kรฉpes volt รฉlล‘ben youtube kรถzvetรญtรฉst kรฉszรญteni! Vรฉgre... ezt is megรฉrtรผk. A hรฉten szombaton pedig jรถhet a Japรกn fordulรณ. Aztรกn egy hosszabb szรผnet รฉs jรบnius vรฉgรฉn fogunk majd รบjra รzsiรกba kalandozni az indiai boulder WC kรถvi fordulรณjรกra. Az erล‘viszonyok kezdenek megmutatkozni, mรญg csajoknรกl egyรฉrtelmลฑ Shauna รฉs Janja pรกrharc lesz az รถsszesรญtett gyล‘zelemรฉrt, addig a fiรบknรกl nem lehetne egyรฉrtelmลฑen megรกllapรญtani. A japรกn Watabe idรฉn eddig vezeti a ranglistรกt (3.,4.,1. helyezรฉsek), ล‘t kรถveti a koreai Chon (12.,1.,4. helyezรฉsek), harmadik Narasaki (21.,2.,2.helyezรฉsek) รฉs ne feledkezzรผnk meg a mosolygรณs Fujii-rรณl sem (1., 9., 11. helyezรฉsek.) Eurรณpai oldalrรณl pedig Jernej Kruder (11.,5.,3. helyezรฉsek) รฉs David Firnenburg (6.,10.,8. helyezรฉsek) a legjelentล‘sebb versenyzล‘k. 1. Keita Watabe JPN - Shauna Coxey GBR 2. Tomoa Narasaki JPN - Janja Garnbret SLO 3. Jernej Kruder SLO - Miho Nonaka JPN

Ueli Steck zomrel pri nehode na Mt. Nuptse
The Himalayan Times prichรกdzajรบ so smutnou sprรกvou, ลพe "ล vajฤiarska Maลกina", Ueli Steck, zomrel pri pรกde na Mt. Nuptse neฤaleko Mt. Everestu. Toto bol poslednรฝ post, ktorรฝ pridal na svoju Facebookovรบ strรกnku. "Rรฝchly deลˆ z Basecampu do 7000m a naspรคลฅ. Milujem to, toto miesto je parรกdne. Stรกle verรญm v aktรญvnu aklimatizรกciu. Je to omnoho efektรญvnejลกie ako prespรกvaลฅ vo veฤพkรฝch vรฝลกkach!" Ueli bol znรกmy svojimi rรฝchlymi prelezmi v horรกch po celom svete, mnohokrรกt sรณlo. Tentokrรกt bolo jeho plรกnom zdolaลฅ Mt. Everest nikdy nezopakovanรฝm zรกpadnรฝm hrebeลˆom/Hornbeinovรฝm kuloรกrom bez kyslรญka. Pozn. prekl: Ueli mal ฤalej v plรกne traverzovaลฅ na Lhotse.

Watabe a Coxsey vรญลฅazmi kola svetovรฉho pohรกra v Nanjingu
1. Keita Watabe JPN - Shauna Coxey GBR 2. Tomoa Narasaki JPN - Janja Garnbret SLO 3. Jernej Kruder SLO - Miho Nonaka JPN Kompletnรฉ vรฝsledky Excelentnรฉ finรกle, parรกdne postavenรฉ bouldre, no neobiลกlo sa to bez niekoฤพkรฝch incidentov. V prvom bouldri chytil Keita Watabe top jednou rukou sekundu pred koncom ฤasomiery, no rozhodca dal OK napriek tomu, ลพe top kontroloval len na zlomok sekundy. Ani komentรกtori si neboli istรญ, ako sa k situรกcii postaviลฅ, keฤลพe predchรกdzajรบce informรกcie zneli: "pretekรกr musรญ kontrolovaลฅ chyลฅ tri sekundy". Na obrรกzku je Keita pred zรกvereฤnรฝm krรญลพom do topu, po ลˆom uลพ len priloลพil ฤพavรบ ruku na vrch ลกtruktรบry. Len pรกr okamihov pred tรฝm dostal od rozhodcu OK. ฤŒasomiera ukazuje 2 sekundy do konca, v realite to bolo niekde medzi 1 a 2 sekundami, z ฤoho vieme usรบdiลฅ, ลพe Keita kontrolovaลฅ top len na zlomok sekundy a napriek tomu dostal od rozhodcu OK. Navyลกe, tak ako v Chonggingu, bolo pri jednom z bouldrov treba podrลพaลฅ malรฝ chyt na ลกtruktรบre a veฤพa pretekรกrov si to neuvedomilo a drลพali len ลกtruktรบru, mysliac si, ลพe majรบ top. Poslednรฝ vรคฤลกรญ incident, nerรกtajรบc menลกie problรฉmy pri ลกtarte, bolo zastavenie ฤasomiery poฤas pokusu Mei Kotake, keฤ mala do konca pokusu eลกte 12 sekรบnd. Po krรกtkej prestรกvke dostala dodatoฤnรฉ dve minรบty, no nedokรกzala sa dostaลฅ do blรญzkosti topu.

Action Directe 9a by Simon Lorenzi
Climb2Climb reports that Simon Lorenzi, Lead Youth World Champion and winner of one Euro Cup in bouldering, has done his first 9a, Action Directe in Frankenjura. In total, the Belgian needed eleven days over three visits, in addition to some specific training. So why did you choose AD as your first 9a and what is the ambition for 2017? I choose Action Directe because I love Frankenjura. It's my style, the place is so historic and is the most famous 9a in the world. It is not far away from Belgium, just 5 hours from my home. This year, I will do the world cup in Lead and I hope to make many semi finals. Action Directe was put up in 1991 and has after being upgraded around 1995 been considered the first 9a until last year, when Hubble from Ben Moon in 1990 was proposed to be upgraded.

The qualification from Nanjing includes seven male Japanese climbers among the Top 15. The biggest surprise was that Alexsey Rubtsov, the overall WC Leader, ended #23, and that Jakob Schubert finished #37. Other big names that failed to make it to the Top 20 semifinal include Bonder, Gelmanov, Levier, Stranik, Skofic, Piccolruaz, and Sharafutdinov. Among the female competitors, the only sensation that did not make it to the semi was Alannah Yip, who was #5 last weekend. The semi final is streamed live 9-30 GMT+8 on Sunday morning. The final starts 18.30.

Annot A Bloc 20-21/5 bouldering festival
Annot A Bloc invites to a bouldering festival 20-21/5, one of the biggest events on natural boulders in Europe. A new area specially brushed for the occasion, with more than 80 new boulders, in all levels, on a perfect sandstone! More than 400 climbers, a big fiesta and lots of free animations. Video trailer - A contest on natural boulders will take place on Saturday for all-level climbers - Some climbing, tree climbing, rope course and rope bridge, free initiation, playful workshops, climbing equipment exchange, a raffle and many other activities will be available for this friendly weekend - A highly colorful evening , with a final at night-time, a giant BBQ, a slideshow and a Balรฉti (traditional dance)

Hukkataival questions his Golden Piton "Boldest Move" award
Nalle Hukkataival is skeptical towards the Golden Piton 2016 he got from Climbing in regards, "Boldest move". "This Golden Piton appears to be awarded for my ascent, if only partially and in a slightly backhanded manner, but more so for how I had the nerve to suggest the grade that I did. โ€œPerhaps Hukkataival isnโ€™t one to contemplate the philosophical implications of new bouldering gradesโ€ (quote from climbing). Then Nalle continues; As someone who has dedicated his life to the sport and spends perhaps more time than anyone mulling over issues like this, I find a presumption like this pretty unwarranted." The fact is that Hukkataival invested 80+ days, not counting replica training, which could be compared to max 13 days for doing all the 8c's and 8c+ he has done previously. Based on that he said that he had no other choice than to go for 9A. Here is a Hukkataivalgrading theory and practice article from 2010 with lot of references to 8a articles.