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Vihar utรกn รฉrett be a cseresznye! 9b FA รditรณl
Adam Ondra megnyitotta szerda dรฉlutรกn a mรกsodik legnehezebbnek szรกmรญtรณ utat az Oliana-i รกthajlรกsrengetegben: Mamichula 9b." Ez egy รถsszekรถtรฉse a Papichulo รฉs a Pachamama 9a+ utaknak. Ez a legjobb rรฉszeit tartalmazza mindegyik รบtnak, kihagyja a pihenล‘ket viszont hozzรกrak egy nehรฉz traverzt. ลrรผletes erล‘รกllรณ mรกszรกs, versenyzล‘i stรญlusรบ. Hatรกrozottan nehรฉz 9b volt nekem, tรบlsรกgosan durrantรณs." A nap egy nagy viharral kezdล‘dรถtt, amire รdรกm azt mondta lehetetlen lett volna mรกszni, de aztรกn kicsit lenyugodott. Bรกr hogy mennyire, azt a megmรกszรณs felvรฉtel is jรณl szemlรฉlteti lentrล‘l amit a Fanatic Climbing csinรกlt, fลฑszerkรฉnt, egy kis tempรณmรกszรกs, hajlรฉkonysรกg รฉs persze ordรญtรกs mint mindig. Mik a terveid a versenyekkel kapcsolatban 2017-ben รฉs az Olimpiรกt illetล‘en? A terveim kรถzt szerepel, hogy a szezon รถsszes kรถteles vilรกgkupรกjรกn rรฉszt vegyek, รฉs persze Arco-ban, nagyjรกbรณl ennyi. Egyรฉbkรฉnt pedig a fล‘cรฉl Flatanger. Nincsenek terveim az Olimpiรกval kapcsolatban, amรญg a formรกtum vรฉgleg el nem dล‘l. Tรบl korai mรฉg erre gondolni. A vรฉlemรฉnyem a jelenlegi formรกtumrรณl szรฉles kรถrben ismert. Nincs bennem semmilyen รฉrdeklล‘dรฉs jelenleg a gyorsasรกgira valรณ edzรฉst illetล‘en, mรฉg mielล‘tt a formรกtum meg nem lesz erล‘sรญtve. Hogy tetszik a 8a รกltal tett javaslat az Olimpiai formรกtumrรณl? (Az elsล‘ kรถrben mind a hรกrom รกgazatban indulni kellene รฉs a vรฉgรฉn kiszรกmรญtanรกk a Top 8 versenyzล‘t. A dรถntล‘ben is ismรฉt mindhรกrom szรกmban indulniuk kellene a versenyzล‘knek รฉs รฉrtelem szerลฑen kiszรกmรญthatรณ lenne kik kapjรกk az รฉrmeket. Vagy akรกr a kรถzรฉpdรถntล‘ รฉs a dรถntล‘ eldล‘lhetne a Duel stรญlusban. (Duel: kรถteles mรกszรกs รฉs gyorsasรกgi kombinรกciรณja elรถlben.)" Na ha valamit nem preferรกlok, akkor az a Duel. Igen, alรกรญrom ez rettentล‘en lรกtvรกnyos รฉs vonzรณ a kรถzรถnsรฉg szรกmรกra. ร‰s a versenyzล‘knek is ugyanรบgy. De csakis csak addig, amรญg ez poรฉnbรณl megy a versenyeken - mint az Arco-i duel vagy a Deep Water Solo medencรฉs versenyeken Salt Lake City-ben. Ha ez annyira komollyรก vรกlna, hogy harcolni kelljen ezzel az olimpiai รฉrmekรฉrt - az nem lenne tรถbbรฉ รถrรถm a versenyzล‘knek รฉs a barรกtsรกgos lรฉgkรถr nem lenne tรถbbรฉ. Tovรกbbรก, ez egyik รกgra sem hasonlรญt igazรกn รฉs sohasem volt az IFSC vilรกgkupa sorozataiban. Csinรกlni egy teljesen รบj dolgot รฉs pont az Olimpiai dรถntล‘be? Miรฉrt? Rรกadรกsul ennek semmi kรถze a sziklamรกszรณ tradรญciรณkhoz, ez csak azt mutatja meg, hogy mennyire gyorsan tudsz megmรกszni egy kรถzรฉpnehรฉz utat. A javaslat tรถbbi rรฉsze igazsรกgossรกg szempontjรกbรณl รฉsszerลฑ, de a hihetetlenรผl nagy nehรฉzsรฉg az idล‘tartamban รฉs a szervezรฉsben rejlik.

9a by Piotr Schab again and 9b plans
Piotr Schab seems to be in the best shape of his life. He has just sent Analogica 9a in Santa Linya in only four goes. (C) Adam Kokot How can you explain this new peak performance situation? I think this is a process. Last winter we started some pure power training, and then set a long-term plan. A lot of hard work with a coach, physio and climbing crew. I started feeling comfortable on harder moves and routes. This first week in Spain and my fitness is still a big surprise for me but I love this "new" situation. As I told you we have a long term plan and it contains some 9b efforts :)

Adam Ondra a legรบjabb 9b/+ projektjรฉt รผti, van benne kรถztes kihagyรกs, ordรญtรกs รฉs olyan tรฉrdletekerรฉs, amit nem sok mรกszรณtรณl lehet lรกtni. Beรฉrett a 10 รฉven keresztรผli heti 4 รณra nyรบjtรกs? Dajesd!

Giuliano Cameroni, who has done three 8B+'s during the last three weeks, has just conquered Der mit dem Fels tanzt 8C in Chironico. "3rd ascent. Splendid moves. Have I really done an 8C boulder today?" "First I tried Insanity, which took me four days (this year) to complete. Then I switched to Big Kat (three days this year) and after that I went back again to the right side of the boulder and did Der mit dem Fels tanzt in two more days." Here is his new Ticino video.

Piotr Schab preliezol 9a a mรก zรกlusk aj na 9b
Piotr Schab je zdรก sa vo svojej ลพivotnej forme. V ลกpanielskej Santa Lynii sa mu podarilo vyliezลฅ cestu Analogica 9a a potreboval na to len ลกtyri pokusy. (C) Adam Kokot ฤŒo stojรญ za Tvojou momentรกlnou top formou? "Myslรญm si, ลพe je to skรดr postupnรฝ proces. Poslednรบ zimu sme zaฤali trรฉnovaลฅ ฤistรบ silu a stanovili sme si dlhodobejลกรญ plรกn. Bolo to kopu driny, trรฉnoval som spolu s trรฉnerom, fyzioterapeutom aj s lezeckou partiou. Postupne som sa zaฤal cรญtiลฅ lepลกie v ลฅaลพลกรญch krokoch a cestรกch. Tรกto novรก sila, ktorรบ pociลฅujem poฤas celรฉho prvรฉho tรฝลพdลˆa tu v ล panielsku je pre mลˆa stรกle prekvapenรญm, no takรกto "novรก" pozรญcia sa mi veฤพmi pรกฤi. Ako som vravel, mรกme aj dlhodobejลกie plรกny, ktorรฉ zahล•ลˆajรบ aj snahu o 9b :)"

By analysing stats from Similarweb, we can see that 8a.nu is the leading global sport climbing website as all competitors get most of their traffic from their country of origin. The 8a visitors are, on the contrary, evenly spread around the globe. The most interesting fact, however, is that 84% of the 8a visitors come "direct" instead of just clicking on a link on Facebook or Google. Here are the comparison stats. 84% 8a.nu 41% UKC (44% from "Google" & 66% from UK) 32% PlanetM (40% from "Google" & 49% from Italy) 28% R&I (40% comes from social media & 48% from USA) 25% Climbing (43% from "Google" & 49% USA) In the Google and social media era, getting 84% of the traffic direct is extremely good and unique for a global social community like 8a.nu. This also shows a great potential to grow.

Po analรฝze dรกt zo Similarweb sme zistili, ลพe 8a.nu je z globรกlneho hฤพadiska najรบspeลกnejลกรญm lezeckรฝm webom na svete. Vรคฤลกina ostatnรฝch webov mรก nรกvลกtevnรญkov priamo z krajiny, kde boli vytvorenรฉ, kedลพto poฤet nรกvลกtevnรญkov 8a je rovnomerne rozloลพenรฝ medzi viacero krajรญn. Zaujรญmavรฝ je vลกak aj fakt, ลพe 84% z tรฝch, ฤo navลกtรญvia 8a.nu zadajรบ adresu "priamo" a nejdรบ cez link na Googli ฤi Facebooku. Tu je ลกtatistickรฉ porovnanie 8a a ฤalลกรญch populรกrnych lezeckรฝch webov: 84% 8a.nu 41% UKClimbing (44% from "Google" & 66% z Britรกnie) 32% PlanetMountain (40% from "Google" & 49% z Talianska) 28% Rock&Ice (40% zo sociรกlnych mรฉdiรญ & 48% z USA) 25% Climbing Magazine (43% z "Google" & 49% z USA) V dneลกnej รฉre sociรกlnych mรฉdiรญ, kde globรกlne weby ako Google a Facebook sprostredkuvรกvajรบ linky na mnohรฉ strรกnky je veฤพkรฝm รบspechom maลฅ 84% "priamych" nรกvลกtevnรญkov. Zรกroveลˆ to vลกak poukazuje na potenciรกl, ktorรฝ 8a mรก.

Coleman & Puccio win USA Bouldering Nationals
Nathaniel Coleman and Alex Puccio have won the USA Bouldering Nationals, being ahead of Kai Lightner (17) and Ashima Shiraishi (15). Alexey Rubtsov and Brooke Raboutou (15) were third. For Alex it was the tenth time she won! Complete results. It is interesting that Coleman was #9 in the semi and having started first in the final he flashed all four problems. Overall, the results shows again that it seems to be an advantage to start first climbing with less pressure and better friction on fresh holds. The scoring system is not the standard IFSC scheme. Instead, the climbers are ranked individually on each problem which is later summed up. However, the first ranking criteria is the number of tops. This means that if you get a really poor result on one boulder this will have a very negative impact. Sean McColl was ranked #116.5 out of 123 competitors on the last boulder which made him just miss the semi even if he had done the first three boulders in just five tries. With IFSC rules, which focus mainly on your best results, he would have made it to the semi. The biggest drawback of the USA scoring format that it is very hard to follow and analyse the results before everyone has competed.

2nd ascent of La Teorรญa del Todo 8C (+) by Rubรฉn Dรญaz in Albarracรญn
Rubรฉn Dรญaz has done the 2nd ascent of La Teorรญa del Todo 8C (8C+), Ivรกn Luengo's problem of which Alberto Rocasolano did the FA, calling it an 8C+, which was was the Spaniard's first suggestion of this grade. (C) Ivรกn Luengo Rubรฉn says: "Don't know what an 8C+ is and that's why I think it's a solid 8C." Note that Beto has repeated all the 8C proposals in Spain, including even Crisis, Nacho Sรกnchez's 8C/8C+ in Crevillente.

8B flash by Beto Rocasolano in La Pedriza
Yesterday Beto Rocasolano did his first 8B flash, Pin y Pon, an old project of which Nacho Sรกnchez did the FA and which had remained unrepeated since then. (c) Israel Olcina He wrote on Instagram: Today the planets where aligned and accompanied by my sensei Israel Olcina could flash Pin y Pon 8B and then Gorila 8A+(8A)". FA video by Nacho Sรกnchez to be watched here.