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Egyรฉrtelmลฑ gyล‘zelem Chontรณl รฉs Garnbrettล‘l a Kรญnai vilรกgkupรกn
Janja Garnbret az รถsszesรญtett gyล‘ztese a 2016-os nehรฉzsรฉgi vilรกgkupa sorozatnak (รฉs mรกsodik boulderben), most egyรฉrtelmลฑvรฉ tette: nem sikerรผlt rosszul a tรฉli felkรฉszรผlรฉs, nyugodjunk meg csak az antistyle boulderek รฉs balszerencse talรกlkozรกsรกt lรกthattuk az รกprilis eleji svรกjci bouldervilรกgkupรกn, amikor #6. helyezรฉst sikerรผlt elhozni. Janja fรถlรฉnyes gyล‘zelme valamit sejtetni lรกtszik abbรณl, hogy Ondra utรกn a nล‘knรฉl is lehet egy olyan sportolรณ aki boulderben รฉs kรถtelesben is el tudja kenni adott รฉvben az aktuรกlis vilรกg รฉlmezล‘nyt, ne adj isten megnyerheti az รถsszesรญtett vilรกgkupรกt is mindkรฉt versenyรกgban. De mit szรณl majd ehhez Ashima? Egyelล‘re semmit. Fรฉrfiak kรถzรถtt Jongwon Chon szuperรกlt, aki megnyerte a kรถzรฉpdรถntล‘t รฉs dรถntล‘t is. Lehet hogy az รถnfรฉnyezรฉs รฉs รถnรผnneplรฉs dicsfรฉnye helyett kicsit jobban kellene figyelni a szabรกlyokra, az egyik dรถntล‘s utat kรฉtszer kellett mรกsznia, mert fรฉlreรฉrtette a Toppolรกst. Bรกr emellett az eredmรฉny mellett ez bล‘ven belefรฉrt. amit viszont egyรฉrtelmลฑen ki lehet jelenteni az a japรกn egyeduralom. A fรฉrfiaknรกl a kรถzรฉpdรถntล‘ 20 rรฉsztvevล‘jรฉbล‘l 10 Japรกn versenyzล‘.... 1. Janja Garnbret SLO 4t11 4b7 - Jongwon Chon KOR 4t6 4b5 2. Shauna Coxsey GBR 3t4 4b5 - Tomoa Narasaki JPN 2t2 3b3 3. Akiyo Noguchi JPN 3t13 4b13 - Aleksei Rubtsov RUS 2t2 3b3 Complete results (c) Eddie Fowke

Japan superior among the males in China
Japan participated with ten males in the Boulder WC in Chongqing in China and all of them were Top-17. In practice this meant that several of the top guys did not make it to the semifinal; McColl, Gelmanov, Sharafutdinov, Stranik, Bonder, Kurder, Skofic and Levier. (c( Eddie Fowke Now the females do their qualification, follow the digital results. On Sunday there will be live-streaming starting with the semi at 09.30 and the final at 18.00 GMT+8.

Adam Ondra reports on Instagram that he has done two impressive FAs in Camaiore; La Terza Eta 9a which he did in four tries and Naturalmente 9a+. "One of the best routes I can imagine. Slightly overhanging wall, tiny crimps, undercuts, shitty feet, resistant, bullet-proof rock. Tried for two days three weeks ago, now it went down after checking the moves. Rather high-end 9a+ I would say." The level is going up in 2017 and Ondra is leading the pack. During four days, the 23 year old has done two 9b's, two 9a+' and two 9a's. It will be interesting to follow the progression during 2017.

Sean McColl wins no foot contest
Yann Corby reports that Sean McColl won the No Foot Contest in Roc en Stock in Strasbourg. "This year after the first round Sean was third, winning three tests; the campus board, a Parkour on climbing wood balls and the boulder. During this round Louis Giuca made an incredible performance with 14 one arm pull ups, see the picture by ยฉ Freddy" Only two days later, Sean traveled to China and it's possible that the No Foot Contest took too much juice as he missed the semifinal.

Adam Ondra megnyitotta az elsล‘ Arcoi 9b-t
Adam Ondra neve nem รบj mรกr senkinek. ล az akit 8c on-sighttal รฉs 9a megmรกszรกssal mรกr le sem รฉrdemes fordรญtanom. Ez megszokott nem mond sok รบjat. De a napokban tรถrtรฉnt egy s mรกs. Adam megnyitotta az elsล‘ arcoi 9b utat Queen Line nรฉven, ami egy rรฉgi drytooling szektorban talรกlhatรณ. "17 mozdulat szuper kemรฉny csipizรฉs, peremezรฉs รฉs tรฉrdleejtรฉsek - amik egy kรถnnyลฑ befejezรฉsbe vezetnek. Meglehetล‘sen nehรฉz 9b, de valรณszรญnลฑleg csak a nehezebb variรกnsรบ befejezรฉs adnรก meg a 9b+ fokozatot. 4 nap melรณ a trippen รฉs mรฉg nรฉhรกny hรกrom รฉvvel ezelล‘ttrล‘l. Adam egyรฉbkรฉnt lassan 4 รฉve mรกszta az utolsรณ 9b+ รบtjรกt (abbรณl a hรกrombรณl), รบgyhogy idรฉn lehet csurran cseppen valami a 9c Flatangeri projรณ kรถrnyรฉkรฉn is. A megmรกszรกst kรถvetล‘en a Massone szektorba vette az irรกnyt, ahol megismรฉtelte a Ghisolfi fรฉle 100+ mozdulatos 9a+ fokozatra gradelt Ultimatum-ot. "Hab a tortรกn a Queen Line utรกn!!!" kommentรกlta a tรถrtรฉnteket az Instagramjรกn. Ha mรฉg ez mind nem lett volna elรฉg, hogy borsot tรถrjรถn Stefano orra alรก, kรฉt nappal kรฉsล‘bb elsล‘kรฉnt ismรฉtelte a Ghisolfi fรฉle Lapsus 9b-t (megerล‘sรญtve ezzel az olaszok elsล‘ 9b fokozatรกt), majd kรฉt รณra vezetรฉs utรกn mรกsodik prรณbรกra letolta az Albengรกban talรกlhatรณ Perfect Man 2.0-t, ennek a 9a-nak szintรฉn ez volt az elsล‘ ismรฉtlรฉse. Mรกsnap pedig kicsit รฉszakabbra vรฉve az irรกnyt nyitott mรฉg San Rocchino kรถzelรฉben egy 9a รฉs egy 9a+ First Ascentet. Adamtรณl megszoktuk, hogy lassan ezekben a fokozatokban รบgy mozog mint ahogy mรกs sรฉtรกl le a sarki boltba, de hogy 4 nap leforgรกsa alatt megmรกsszon 6db utat (2db 9a, 2db 9a+ รฉs 2db 9b) ilyen nehรฉzsรฉgi fokozatban - ez valami eszmรฉletlen teljesรญtmรฉny. A dรผhรถngรฉst a cseh csupor รฉszakon fojtatja, ahol a Svรฉdeknรฉl rรกment a Stockholmi 5000 eurรณs termi megaprojektre, fel is รกllรญtva az eddigi รบj rekordot. Ha az irรกny jรณ รฉs tart tovรกbb รฉszakra, ahol lassan jรถn a Flatanger szezon... lehet idรฉn megnyรญlik egy รบjabb fokozat.

Ondra's advice to the kids - onsight and varied styles
Adam Ondra did his first ever interview with 8a when he was 11 years old, where he said; "I always try to climb as many routes of the grade OS (now, it is 8b). I usually don't try harder things for a long time. If I see a nice route, no matter the grade or the character, I want to climb it. Cracks too. I aim to climb all types of routes on various types of rocks." What are the changes you see on the scene in comparison to when you were like 13 years old? What advice could you give to the young climbers? I think the scene of youngsters has changed as there are way more kids climbing pretty hard. More coaches, more scientific approach, but the problem for many remain the same - I often see too much pressure from the coaches and parents (which is even worse), not letting the kids be more independent in climbing and just having more fun in general. Kids should be motivated and psyched to climb themselves - if not, they will probably quit climbing sooner or later. It is important to be ambitious but not focusing too much on the performance. I think kids in general often climb only in certain areas and certain routes, which fit their style and they can push their limits very fast and high. We know that grades are relative, most importantly for someone being only 130cm. It can be frustrating for the youngsters when they grow up, their bodies changing and they do not make any further progression, or not even maintain the level. I think it is very important to climb everything and everywhere when it comes to sport climbing, mostly onsighting but not all the time, and not onsighting in the usual areas suitable for onsights. That way one learns the most and you gain the experience to have fun in the future, because you will be capable of climbing well in any style.

9b and 9a in a day by Adam Ondra
Adam Ondra publishes on his Instagram that yesterday he did Stefano Ghisolfi's Lapsus 9b in Andonno, Italy. The same day, after two hours driving, he also did Perfect Man 2.0 9a on the 2nd go in Castelbianco. (C) Jan Novak "Lapsus 9b in Andonno gets its second ascent today after @steghiso. Amazing conditions and feeling pretty strong today. It was so good that we drove down to Castelbianco the same afternoon and I did 2nd go ascent of Perfect Man 2.0 9a after @Matteo_gambaro. Planet Mountain has got some comments from Adam.

The next weekend, the World Cup tour continues in China and based on the starting list we can see that bouldering is booming. There will be some 20 % more participants compared to last year and all the big names are listed. Interestingly, very few take the opportunity to try out Speed and the same for Speed climbers not trying Bouldering. Talking to several of the athletes, it seems that they wait for the qualification format to be set before they make the decision to go for Combined.