Nicholas Milburn sending his first 8C, Paint in Black in RMNP in December. Last month he did his first 8B+, Jumpman in Boulder Canyon.

Nicholas Milburn pri preleze svojho prvého 8C, Paint it Black v Rocky Mountains National Park (RMNP). Len mesiac dozadu preliezol Nicholas svoje prvé 8B+, Jumpman v Boulder Canyone a treba uznať, že takýto pokrok je naozaj obdivuhodný!

Adam Ondra has done the FA of Mamichula 9b in Oliana. "Linkup of Papichulo and Pachamama. Links the best of of both routes, skipping the rests and adding hard traverse. Sick power endurance climbing, comp style. Definitely hard 9b for me, too pumpy." The day started with a storm and Adam thought it was impossible to climb but it did calm down. Check the chalk bag from the picture from the Fanatic Climbing video, which is all about speed, flexibility and screaming as usual. What is your competition plan for 2017 and what about your Olympic plans? My plans for this season is to do ECH in Lead, and WC in Arco, and that's it. Otherwise my priority is Flatanger. I have no plans about Olympics before the format will finally be revealed. It is too early to think about it. My opinion about the format is widely known and I have no interest in training speed right now, even earlier before everything is confirmed. What do you think of the 8a suggestion of Olympic format? (First one round of all three disciplines and then calculate Top-8. Later a final round of all three disciplines and calculate who will get the medals. Or optional finish with a Duel semi and final.) What I don't like is the Duel finals. I say - yes, it is attractive to the audience. And for the athletes as well. But only as long as it is "fun" comp - like Arco duel or DWS in Salt Like City. If it gets as serious as fighting for the Olympic medals - it will not be be fun any more for competitors. There will not friendly atmosphere any more. Furthermore, you cannot include discipline which has never been within IFSC circuit. To make a new thing and include straight in the Olympic finals? Why? And it has nothing to do with climbing tradition - it shows absolutely about what we all consider climbing art - it only shows that you can go fast in medium hard route. With the rest of proposal, I think it is quite reasonable in terms of fairness, but it is incredibly difficult in terms of time and organization.

Jule Wurm won the World Championship in 2014. She stopped competing after winning the Euro Championship in 2015 in order to focus on her medical studies. Outdoors she continues to push hard and this week she did two 8A+'s, 5 TEC-B36-L5 and Zarzaparrilla Albarracin. What is your climbing life like nowadays? How about a comeback and the Olympics? Life is good, thanks:). Quite a lot of rock climbing recently. Jan (Hojer, who has flashed Bindu 8A+ (B)) and I have been to Font for a few weeks in January, then Pedriza (due to rain in Albarracin, but it turned out to be a very good alternative) and now we're in Albarracin for one week! I don't see me competing in the Olympics. So, no comeback I think, but you never know;) I really enjoy having more time for rockclimbing since I stopped competing in the Worldcup circuit.

David Firnenburg has done La Rambla 9a+ in Siurana after just six days of projecting. "I opened the door to a new personal dimension in climbing. Curious about what I am capable of accomplishing in the future. Vamoooooooossssss amigos!" (c) Iuliia Leonova So how were you able to open that door? "Well, since I haven't trained specifically for the route it must have been my mental state and the strategy I've chosen how to cope with the challenge, I guess. I didn't put any big pressure on myself, took it easy. Dedicated trying the route over and over again and didn't switch to easier routes to build up the required endurance there. Got better with every try I made, adapted and optimized my beta after every fall or mistake. Finally the right conditions set in (cold and windy), I was convinced of sending it and suddenly stood on top."

Klättercentret Stokholmban valami egészen beteg dolgot talált ki. A terem híres a hírverésről, nagy médiacelebek csak úgy sétálgatnak fel alá pehelydzsekiben, a vlogger Eric Karlsson, vagy Alex Megos... de a Legends Only keretein belül is jópáran ellátogattak már ide itthagyni a bőrcafatokat. A stockholmi terem pedig most újabb őrület mellé adta a nevét. Meg akarják építeni a világ legnehezebb teremben lévő köteles útját, ami kb. 6a mozdulatokkal indul és pihenő nélkül veret föl a Top-ig, minden mozdulat egy nehézségi fokozattal többért. Aki elsőként meg fogja tudni mászni az utat az 5000 euro díjban részesül. Február 19.-én lesz a megnyitó parti amin számos önkéntes sztárjelölt is részt fog venni, az EpicTV (remélem WC-n ülős verziója) biztos prezentálja majd a fényes eseményt. DE! A lényeg a lényegben, hogy az út építését végigkísérték, egészen az erre megvásárolt fogások kidobozolásától kezdve, az útépítés sava-borsán keresztül az első átmozgásokig. A 8 részes sorozat nagyon poénos, a hipszter útépítőknek hála. Ajánlom a videókat azoknak akik nem csak az izmozós mászóvideókat szeretik.

Fixe Climbing has presented a smart starting kit for putting up a small fun wall for kids. In the box you will find instructions how to set it up and some short ropes as well. The price is estimated to be just about 40 euro. A potential development could be to also include some more products from their range, like a bolt and a quick draw to make the wall complete.

Fixe Climbing predstavilo svoju novú sadu na výrobu detskej lezeckej stienky. V balení je spolu s návodom priložených aj niekoľko krátkych lán a cena celého setu sa má pohybovať okolo 40€. Zatiaľ však nie sú pribalené napríklad karabíny či expresky.