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Papichulo 9a+ by Patxi Usobiaga (37)
Patxi Usobiaga, the best climber in the world during the late -00's who then got a neck injury from a traffic accident, reports on his training website, Pucseries that he has done Papichulo 9a+ in Oliana. "Iโ€™m already thinking about the next projects! One down, many more to go. The road back to the top is just beginning." (c) Javi Pec

Caminati elszakadt kรถtele
Michele Caminati, az olasz matematikus รฉs mรกszรณ - aki elรฉg kemรฉny gritstone megmรกszรกsokkal rendelkezik, (meg jรณpรกr 8B+ boulderrel) tรถbb mint 10 mรฉtert esett Angliรกban, miutรกn a beleesรฉst kรถvetล‘en a szikla szรฉtdรถrzsรถlte a kรถtele kรถpenyรฉt รฉs elszakรญtotta azt. Minderrล‘l egy elรฉg jรณ minล‘sรฉgลฑ felvรฉtel is kรฉszรผlt, ami mรฉg hรกtborzongatรณbbรก teszi a tรถrtรฉnetet, de mindazonรกltal egy tรถkรฉletes tanulรณpรฉnz is nekรผnk, ezek a kรถtelek bizony nem elszakรญthatatlanok. Szerencsรฉre Michele a sajรกt lรกbรกn el tudta hagyni a helyszรญnt - tรถrรถtt csuklรณ รฉs boka bรกnta az incidenst a The Elder Statesman-nel. Planet Mountain csinรกlt egy interjรบt is. A lenti videรณ tรถkรฉletesen prezentรกlja, hogy kรฉpes elszakadni a kรถtรฉl a sziklรกn dรถrzsรถlล‘dve, ez jรณ lecke lehet az egรฉsz mรกszรณtรกrsadalomnak. Ezt mรกr csak zรกrรณjelesen megjegyezve, az รบt FA mรกszรณja Steve McClure 3 kรถtelet hasznรกlt konkrรฉten az FA-hoz!!! hรกrom bekรถtรถtt kรถtรฉl az FA-nรกl

31 March 2017

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Keฤลพe RyanAir prestal lietaลฅ na Kos, bude ลฅaลพลกie sa do lezeckej Mekky, na Kalymnos, dostaลฅ. Dobrou sprรกvou je, ลพe Sky Express bude maลฅ pravidelnรฉ spojenie od pondelka do stredy a v sobotu. V utorok odlieta lietadlo pomerne skoro, takลพe sa nebude daลฅ dostaลฅ do Atรฉn vฤas, no ฤalลกie dni by mali byลฅ OK. Na cestu spรคลฅ je vลกak jedinou moลพnosลฅou ako nastรบpiลฅ na nadvรคzujรบci let spomรญnanรฉ utorkovรฉ spojenie do Atรฉn. Autor: Jens Larssen

9a FA by Alex Megos in Chile
Alex Megos, who just won the CWIF ahead of several famous WC boulderers, reports on Facebook that he has done the FA of Pasito a Pasito in Valled de los Condoros after just two days of projecting. "Super excited! Finally after 4 months off because of my finger injury I felt like I was climbing again for the first time without constantly thinking about my finger! It's still not great yet but getting there!"

Reduce lowering accidents
Lowering accidents are pretty common and we should always tie a knot, but the problem is of course that doing it always might feel a bit strange climbing 12 meter routes. Another solution for this is to always have your hand straight down, which hopefully will make you feel that the rope is about to end. In order to benefit from this belay technique with a straight arm downwards, you need to have 99 % of the friction on the belay device, meaning in practice you just touch the rope within your hand. You should also lower down slowly. An advantage with this belay technique is that your hand will get less dirty. It should be noted that some belay device producers, like Petzl, say you should open the GriGri fully and have 100 % of the friction in your hand. However, no experienced climber follows this advice. General 8a safety article. The picture shows that with your hand too close to the Grigri you will not have a chance to feel that the rope is too short and also would not be able to hinder it from passing though the Grigri. With your hand as far away from the Grigri and working with the friction only, you increase your chances to not let the rope run through your belay device if you forgot to tie a knot.

Pozsonyi Adidas Boulder Cup, hazai sikerek!
Egy nรฉpesebb csapat lรกtogatott el a hรฉtvรฉgi Pozsonyi nemzetkรถzi boulderversenyre. Mivel az Adidas is nevรฉt adta az esemรฉnyhez, szรญnvonalas versenyre lehetett szรกmรญtani. A 10 boulderes selejtezล‘ utรกn 4 leรกnyzรณ รฉs 3 fiรบ jutott tovรกbb a Magyar csapatbรณl a 10 fล‘s dรถntล‘be. A verseny รฉrdekessรฉge volt egyรฉbkรฉnt, hogy egy hatalmas plรกzรกnak a fรถldszรญntjรฉn rendeztรฉk meg, a 'hogyan nรฉpszerลฑsรญtsรผk a mรกszรณsportot' cรญmลฑ listรกra esetleg felรญrhatnรกnk ezt is... A csajok dรถntล‘jรฉvel kezdล‘dtek az esemรฉnyek, ami nem kis izgalmakat tartogatott. Dobogรณs lett vรฉgรผl Kirรกly Nรณra harmadik helyen, negyedik helyezรฉst Benus Adรฉl hozta haza, 7. lett Farkas Panka, 10. pedig Sรกndor Rรฉka. Adรฉl รฉs Norci mindketten 3 Top-ot mรกsztak meg, prรณbaszรกm dรถntรถtt a helyezรฉsekrล‘l. De hasonlรณan tรถrtรฉnt ez a fiรบknรกl is. A hรกrom magyar srรกc rendre 3 Top-ot mรกszott meg. 4. helyezett lett Strommer Soma, 5. Komjรกti Zoli, 6. pedig Izer Bรกlint. A versenyen egyรฉbkรฉnt kiemelkedล‘en teljesรญtett mรฉg Bakurecz (holanyรณcรกd?) รdรกm, aki nemsokรกra belecsap a nemzetkรถzi ifjรบsรกgi kupรกkba. รdรกm a felnล‘ttek kรถzรถtt 12. lett, sajรกt korcsoportjรกban pedig mรกsodik. Gratulรกlok az egรฉsz csapatnak az eredmรฉnyekรฉrt. Bล‘vebb infรณkรฉrt: Magyar versenymรกszรณk fb. oldal.

Ako znรญลพiลฅ riziko nehody pri spรบลกลฅanรญ
Nehody pri spรบลกลฅanรญ sรบ pomerne ฤastรฉ a kaลพdรฝ z nรกs by mal viazaลฅ na konci lana uzol, ฤo sa vลกak pri lezenรญ 12-metrovรฝch ciest mรดลพe zdaลฅ trochu zbytoฤnรฉ. Okrem uzlu je rieลกenรญm drลพaลฅ istiacu ruku neustรกle vystretรบ smerom dole a dรบfaลฅ, ลพe ฤlovek zacรญti, kedy sa blรญลพi koniec lana. Aby bola takรกto technika efektรญvna musรญ byลฅ 99% trenia v istรญtku a zvyลกok v ruke, ฤo v praxi znamenรก, ลพe by sa istiฤ lana mal len dotรฝkaลฅ. Takisto by mal spรบลกลฅaลฅ pomaly. ฤŽalลกou vรฝhodou je, ลพe sa pri tejto technike istiaca ruka menej zaลกpinรญ. Niektorรญ vรฝrobcovia, napr. Petzl, uvรกdzajรบ, ลพe pri spรบลกลฅanรญ cez GriGri by mal istiฤ รบplne zatlaฤiลฅ pรกฤku a vลกetko trenie vytvรกraลฅ vlastnou rukou. ลฝiadny skรบsenรฝ lezec vลกak toto odporรบฤanie nedodrลพiava. 8a ฤlรกnok o vลกeobecnej bezpeฤnosti. Na obrรกzku je vidno, ลพe keฤ istiฤ drลพรญ ruku prรญliลก blรญzko GriGri nemรก ลกancu cรญtiลฅ, ลพe je zvyลกok lana prรญliลก krรกtky a nebude maลฅ ลกancu spomaliลฅ prechod lana istรญtkom. Pri drลพanรญ ruky ฤรญm ฤalej od istรญtka, ฤรญm ฤlovek pracuje len s trenรญm, zvyลกuje svoje ลกance na zachytenie lana eลกte pred tรฝm, ako GriGri prekฤบzne, ak si neuviazal uzol. Autor: Jens Larssen

La Rambla is 9a+ by today's standards
In 1994, Alex Huber made the FA of La Rambla 8c+ to the first anchor, some eight meters under the original anchor. In 2003, Ramon Julian Puigblanque did the FA of La Rambla original 9a+ by traversing into the neighboring bolted route and continuing to the original La Rambla anchor. Ramonet did try to stay as close to Huber's original line as possible, meaning he eliminated a very good jug further out to the right. Until now, La Rambla original has been repeated 15 times, making it the most repeated 9a+ in the world. Everyone has used the jug to the very right of the traverse but Adam Ondra, who commented, "without the resting hold, although it is nonsense to consider it as prohibited. Ramonet has said that his 9a+ grade was based on doing the route without using the resting hold. Noteworthy is also that in 2008, Ramonet did the FA also of the neighboring route and gave it 8c. It has later been upgraded and nowadays, in fact, most even think it's 9a. La Rambla original is today a well confirmed 9a+. At the same time, both Huber and some repeaters have said that the extension does not add that much difficulty so his FA from 1994 should have been 9a by today's grade standard. By using the same grade devaluation logic, some ten years ago, La Rambla original was probably just a hard 9a if you used Ramonet's eliminated jug. Greg Mionske