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ล tatistickรฝ vรฝskum dokรกzal, ลพe tรญm, ktorรฝ zaฤรญna vo futbale v penaltovom rozstrele vyhrรก v 60% prรญpadov. V prรญpade Majstrovstiev sveta ฤi inรฝch svetovรฝch podujatรญ je toto percento eลกte vรคฤลกie. Aby sa znรญลพila pravdepodobnosลฅ, ลพe bude jeden tรญm zvรฝhodnenรฝ, FIFA sa rozhodla uskutoฤniลฅ test s podobnรฝmi pravidlami ako sรบ v tenisovom tie breaku - zaฤรญnajรบci tรญm strieฤพa jednu penaltu, druhรฝ tรญm nรกsledne strieฤพa dve. Podฤพa vรฝskumov je jednoduchรฝm dรดvodom, preฤo prvรฝ tรญm vyhrรกva v 60% prรญpadoch nervozita, ktorรก je podstatne menลกia, ak tรญm kope ako prvรฝ. V bouldrovรฝch sรบลฅaลพiach je tomu podobne. Pretekรกri, ktorรญ ลกtartujรบ skรดr, majรบ zvรคฤลกia lepลกie vรฝsledky v semifinรกle ako tรญ, ktorรญ idรบ poslednรญ. Najlepลกie je to vidieลฅ na prรญklad Anny Stรถhr - keฤ vo finรกle ลกtartovala prvรก, vyhrala 70% zรกvodov, no len 35% keฤ iลกla poslednรก. To ale paradoxne znamenรก, ลพe keฤ vyhrala v semifinรกle, mala omnoho niลพลกiu ลกancu na vรฝhru vo finรกle a naopak, keฤ iลกla do finรกle z poslednรฉho miesta vyhrรกvala najviac. Podobnรฝ prรญpad sa stal na Majstrovstvรกch sveta, kde sa ukรกzal vzลฅah medzi umiestnenรญm v semifinรกle a finรกle. Pretekรกri s horลกรญm vรฝsledkom zo semifinรกle (tรฝm pรกdom vo finรกle ลกtartovali medzi prvรฝmi) mali vo finรกle omnoho lepลกie vรฝsledky. Toto platilo poฤas celej sezรณny a pretekรกri, ktorรญ sa umiestnili na ลกiestom mieste v semifinรกle (v muลพskej a ลพenskej kategรณrii) nakoniec vo finรกle vyhrali pรคt zlatรฝch a tri striebornรฉ medaily! V roku 2007 sme videli opaฤnรฝ prรญpad, kedy Daniel Dulac onsightol vลกetky ลกtyri bouldre v semifinรกle, no vo finรกle skonฤil poslednรฝ. Francรบz to neskรดr zdรดvodnil tรฝm, ลพe sa nevedel vyrovnaลฅ s tlakom, keฤลพe uลพ pred nรกlezom do bouldra vedel, ลพe vรคฤลกina pretekรกrov ho uลพ vyliezla. FIFA sa s vรฝhodou ลกtartovania z prvรฉho miesta uลพ vyrovnala. Je naฤase, aby aj IFSC spravilo zmenu v pravidlรกch a vytvorila finรกle, ktorรฉ poskytne obecenstvu vzruลกujรบci zรกลพitok a o vรญลฅazovi nebude rozhodnutรฉ aลพ do momentu, kรฝm nedolezie poslednรฝ pretekรกr.

Climbing is Mandatory for Brunico's 3,000 Pupils
Brunico in South Tyrol has some 20 000 inhabitants. In 2015, their 8.5 million gym paid by the municipality and run by Alpenverein Sรผdtirol was open with one idea: to let all pupils climb as part of their gymnastic classes. Every sixth week, all students from 7 - 19 years old have two classes of climbing together with their teachers. We will follow up with how this works in practice. The wall to the left on the picture hides a 20 meter wide and 18 meter high outdoor wall. To make the story even more amazing. In total the gym is open 93.5 hours a week. In the closest city, Brixen with 25,000 people some 30 minutes away, there exist another 3 million Euro gym but climbing is not mandatory yet. Some 500,000 people live in in South Tyrol and 12 % are members of the Alpenverein!

Today, we got our member #64 000. I total the members have recorded 4.2 million ascents that will help you to find the best crags and routes, through our Tick Lists, available also on beta.8a.nu.

Climbing walls are growing like mushrooms
The Techno Creatives is a global agency working for the automotive industry. In order to have their employees in good shape and to be an attractive employer they just built their own small climbing wall. Similar stories we have heard about around the globe. Climbing walls are evolving like mushrooms and we have just seen the beginning. In the Techno Creative wall they also offer free equipment so once their employees want to get outdoors everything is ready.

8c Again by Alberto Gines (14)
Alberto Gines has done his second 8c, Entre tus Piernas in La Muela. In the 8a ranking game he is #2 among the 14 year olds. "I have been climbing since I was 3 years old, but I started to climb seriously at 6, and I started training with David Maciร  4 years ago. I train 4 days a week and the on the weekend often I go to climb on rock. This year I want to win the Spanish climbing cup and some international competitions and do my first 8a+ onsight and more 8c's.

Lezeckรฉ steny rastรบ ako huby po daลพdi
The Techno Creativesje globรกlnou agentรบrou pracujรบcou v automobilovom priemysle. Aby udrลพali svojich zamestnancov v kondรญcii a boli atraktรญvnym zamestnรกvateฤพom, vybudovala si tรกto spoloฤnosลฅ vo svojich priestoroch malรบ lezeckรบ stenu. Nie sรบ vลกak jedinรญ, uลพ sme takรฝchto prรญbehov poฤuli niekoฤพko z viacerรฝch kรบtov sveta. Evolรบcia lezeckรฝch stien naberรก na obrรกtkach a to sme eลกte len na zaฤiatku. Na stene Techno Creative takisto ponรบkajรบ zapoลพiฤanie materiรกlu zadarmo, takลพe keฤ sa ich zamestnanci rozhodnรบ skรบsiลฅ lezenie vonku, mali by byลฅ dostatoฤne pripravenรญ.

Lezenie ako povinnรก sรบฤasลฅ vyuฤovania pre 3000 ลพiakov v Brunicu
Brunico v Juลพnom Tyrolsku mรก pribliลพne 20 000 obyvateฤพov. V roku 2015 mestskรก sprรกva otvorila 8.5 miliรณnovรบ halu, ktorรบ riadi Alpenverein Sรผdtirol, s jedinรฝm cieฤพom: aby mohli maลฅ ลกkolรกci ako povinnรบ sรบฤasลฅ telesnej vรฝchovy lezenie. Kaลพdรฝch 6 tรฝลพdลˆov majรบ ลกtudenti od 9 do 17 rokov spolu s uฤiteฤพmi dve hodiny lezeckรฝch kurzov. Neskรดr prinesieme informรกcie o tom, ako sa tento systรฉm osvedฤil v praxi. Na obrรกzku je za ฤพavou stenou schovanรก 20 metrov ลกirokรก a 18 metrov vysokรก outdoorovรก lezeckรก stena. Eลกte lepลกou sprรกvou je, ลพe je otvorenรก 93.5 hodรญn do tรฝลพdลˆa! ฤŽalลกia trojmiliรณnovรก lezeckรก hala sa nachรกdza asi 30 minรบt cesty autom v meste Brixen s cca 25 000 obyvateฤพmi, no tu eลกte lezenie nie je povinnรฉ. Zaujรญmavosลฅou je, ลพe v regiรณne Juลพnรฉ Tyrolsko ลพije pribliลพne 500 000 ฤพudรญ a 12% z nich sรบ ฤlenmi Alpenverein!

Toshi Takeuchi tells us about the new Japanese hard core 90 minute video where he, Ryuichi Murai and Daisuke Ichimiya are featured. They are all in Top-4 in the ranking game. "Mizugaki 160 km from Tokyo and Toyota 300 km away are my favorites. I think, maybe best way to start a trip to Japan is go to one famous climbing gym first like Rocky, PUMP or Basecamp. They have a lot of information about many crags and some people can speak English. PUMP also has all guidebooks which are filled with pictures and maps so that you can figure out how to make it to the crag and boulders."

8c+ FA by Mumin Karabas in Turkey again
Mumin Karabas, who did the first 8c+ in Turkey, has done the ten year old project Karma Sutra 8c+ in Geyik Bayฤฑrฤฑ. "I struggled for 10 climbing days to figure out beta, and the other 10 climbing days for actually doing it. The route is very bouldery, there's 25 moves without chalking or resting." Mumin also reports that there are more than 50 % less climbers this winter season. "As you know the situation in Turkey...Not many foreigners are coming to Turkey for climbing. People are afraid... but there's a beautiful blue sky today and great season for climbing :)))"

Fourth 8c+ in RRG by Michaela Kiersch
Michaela Kiersch has done her fourth 8c+ in Red River Gorge the last year, 24 Carat, which took some 4-5 weekends. The full time university student, who plans to graduate this year, seems to every other weekend make the seven hour trip from Chicago to challenge some of the best sand stone routes in the world. (c) Leslay Ladlad "So excited to finally put this one away!!!! It was a rollercoaster of emotions between falling low and falling high. I try to take it in stride but it's not always easy to remain open minded. Every climb is a learning experience, and in the end it was the go that started with Mariah Carey that got me to the top!"