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Vote for Marcin Dzieล„ski to become the IWGA Athlete of 2016
The World Games have presented 15 candidates for the IWGA Athlete of 2016 and Marcin Dzieล„ski is the only climber. Last year the Pole won both the Speed World Cup and the World Championship. Short 8a interview.

Znรกmy ลฅaลพkรฝ boulder znovu sekanรฝ
Alex Khazanov preliezol Meadowlark Lemon 8B+ v Red Rocks v Nevade a nahlรกsil, ลพe boulder bol priseknutรฝ. Prรญpady takรฉhoto niฤenia sa za poslednรฉ roky objavili naprรญklad aj vo Fontainebleau ฤi Cresciane. "Chyt bol sekanรฝ a kvรดli tomu stratil vลกetko trenie. Aj keฤ je na mieste kde bola oblina teraz liลกta, je vyลกmรฝkanรก a ako zo skla. Jednoducho nerozumiem, preฤo by niekto sekal v takomto bouldri. Pravdou ale je, ลพe samotnรก skala je veฤพmi nรกchylnรก na poลกkodenie a aj prรญliลก ฤastรฉ pouลพรญvanie kefky mรดลพe pozmeniลฅ chyty. Dokonca uลพ poฤas tรฝch pรกr dnรญ, kedy sme ho s kamoลกmi skรบลกali, sa zmenลกil stup len kvรดli tomu, ลพe sme ho ฤasto stรบpali. Podฤพa mลˆa tento boulder uลพ o 10 rokov nebude takรฝ ako dnes. ฤŒo sa tรฝka obtiaลพnosti, sekanรฝ chyt veฤพa nezmenil. Teraz je tam len malรก umelรก ลกmykฤพavรก liลกta. Stรกle je to zlรฝ chyt. Sekanie sa nedรก odpustiลฅ a nerozumiem, preฤo by to niekto robil. Napriek tomu je Meadowlark Lemon stรกle jeden z najkrajลกรญch bouldrov na svete a urฤite sa ho oplatรญ vyliezลฅ, kรฝm je eลกte moลพnosลฅ. Aj napriek sekanรฉmu chytu."

Viacero smrteฤพne nebezpeฤnรฝch borhรกkov na Sardรญnii a v inรฝch prรญmorskรฝch oblastiach
Gianluca Piras zverejnil straลกidelnรฉ video z cesty Lovely Licia 6b+ v oblasti Masua na Sardรญnii. Lepenรฝ borhรกk bol iba 10 rokov starรฝ, pod jeho rukami sa vลกak ulomil uลพ po pรกr sekundรกch. Maurizio Oviglia, ktorรฝ ลพije na Sardรญnii hovorรญ, ลพe prvรฉ takรฉto prรญpady sa objavili uลพ v roku 2012 a odvtedy sa borhรกky typu 304 z nehrdzavejรบcej ocele vylomili eลกte pri dvadsiatich prรญleลพitostiach. Straลกidelnรฝ je ale fakt, ลพe aj istenia, ktorรฉ sa mรดลพu zdaลฅ vo veฤพmi dobrom stave sa mรดลพu ulomiลฅ kvรดli tvorbe prasklรญn v dรดsledku korรณzie od napรคtia (SCC - stress corrosion cracking). Tento jav je ฤastรฝ hlavne v prรญmorskรฝch oblastiach. V tejto veci sme sa uลพ spรฝtali na nรกzor firmy Raumer, ktorรก borhรกky vyrรกba a novinky prinesieme hneฤ, ako dostaneme odpoveฤ. Na tomto odkaze sa nachรกdza report a varovanie ohฤพadom hrdzavenia borhรกkov od UIAA z roku 2015. Maurizio Oviglia by rรกd varoval vลกetkรฝch lezcov, aby si dรกvali pozor, hlavne v oblastiach Biddiriscottai, Casarotto, Millennium a Cala Fuili/Cala Lina. Treba takisto spomenรบลฅ, ลพe borhรกky mali byลฅ zasadenรฉ omnoho hlbลกie, aby malo oฤko kontakt so skalou.

Hlasuj za Marcina Dzieล„skeho na pozรญciu ลกportovca roku 2016 pre IWGA
The World Games predstavili pรคtnรกstich kandidรกtov na IWGA cenu pre ลกportovca roku 2016 a Marcin Dzieล„ski ako jedinรฝ reprezentuje lezeckรบ komunitu. Minulรฝ rok sa tomuto chalanovi z Poฤพska podarilo vyhraลฅ svetovรฝ pohรกr aj majstrovstvรก sveta v lezenรญ na rรฝchlosลฅ. Krรกtke interview pre 8a.

One more 9a by Ruben Firnenburg (19) in Santa Linya
Ruben Firnenburg has finished his long term 9a project in Santa Linya, Seleccio natural. Nice projecting video from April by Henning Wang, who also took the picture. "When I got back on Seleccio my expectations were still pretty low but once I made it through the hardest crux in the middle I knew it's on. Sealing the deal on the last big move (same move as Analogica) was a very big relief! This route is certainly the hardest route I've done so far and climbing two 9a's in only four days is the best gift I could have ever made myself before 2017. Speaking of 2017 I am looking forward to go to USA for a boulder trip at the end of January. For the upcoming winter training I will include more bouldering on rock and therefore start off in Norway in a couple of days. Psyche is very high! Talking about competitions the idea is to do more boulder competitions and involve speed training as my brother David and I want to go for the Olympics in 2020. Now that I am out of Youth I can also focus more on the World Cup circuit."

Mind control grade confirmed at 8c
Mind Control in Oliana was put up as an 8c+ by Chris Sharma in 2009 and the high quality route quickly became one of the most repeated 8c+'s in the world, having also some female ascents and Adam Ondra's onsight, who was the first to call it "soft". In early 2012, Gabri Moroni did the route and commented, "Everybody knows it's only 8c...but nobody will ever downgrade it :-P" One year later, Reffo Silvo flashed it and recorded it as an 8c, "Stay a dream send a 8c+ flash...8c is the true". At the same time we started to report it as an 8c (+) and there were some complaints about this meanwhile others sent e-mails confirming what we said but did not want to record it as 8c since they did not want to upset their friends and celebrities. Of the last seven ascents recorded on 8a, all have marked it as an 8c so it is time to drop the 8c (+) grade and call it an 8c. In fact, other media still have created 8c+ headlines for it several times over the last years. It should also be noted that of course it might have been an 8c+ when Sharma put it up in 2009 as some holds might have been broken. Some 15 years ago, 8a was first out to questioning hard core boulder grades mainly in Ticino, in order to present as correct news (gradewise) as possible. Later this was confirmed and the same story has also happened regarding several other crags. The easy way to track grades that are too soft is just to check the percentage personal best that appear in an area, aka Time Comparison Grading, see the picture. Mind control as an 8c+ would mean that in fact most who did it actually made a personal 8c+ best based on grade or invested time. This grading theory article was presented in 2002.

Austria World Championship 2017 (youth) and 2018 on it's way
"We're looking forward to organize the 2017 IFSC Youth World Championships and the Innsbruck2018 IFSC World Championships here in Innsbruck - Tyrol (Austria)".

A videรณk nagyszerลฑek, de gyakran robotokat csinรกlnak
รšj megoldรกsokat talรกlni a kunsztra egyike a legnagyszerลฑbb dolgoknak a mรกszรกsban, kรผlรถnรถsen รบj utak nyitรกsa esetรฉn. Nรฉha olyan ez mint egy tombola, egyszerลฑen csak prรณbรกlgatod a fogรกsokat รฉs pozรญciรณkat โ€“ mรญg nem egyszer csak beakad a tuti. Akรกr azt is mondhatnรกnk nรฉha a siker, hogy meg tudtuk csinรกlni az รถsszes mozdulatot ugyanolyan รฉdes jutalom โ€“ mint egy megmรกszรกs. A videรณk dรถbbenetesek รฉs jelentล‘sen felgyorsรญtjรกk a fejlล‘dรฉsรผnket a mรกszรกsban, kรผlรถnรถsen az izmozรณs boulderek esetรฉn. Ugyanakkor bรฉtรกt talรกlni egy videรณban รฉs aztรกn lemรกsolni, mint egy robot teljesen รฉrtelmetlen รฉs hosszรบtรกvon a szikla olvasรกs-รฉrtรฉsรฉnek rovรกsรกra mehet. Videรณ nรฉlkรผl valรณszรญnลฑleg meg kellene prรณbรกlnunk az รถsszes lehetsรฉges bรฉtรกt รฉs nรฉhรกny kimenet utรกn kรผlรถnbรถzล‘ megoldรกsokat hasznรกlnรกnk, a prรณbรกk sorรกn erล‘sรถdnรฉnk โ€“ mรญg ki nem kristรกlyosodna az egyรฉnre szabott legtรถkรฉletesebb mozdulatsorozat. Persze egy jรณl ellesett megmรกszรณs bรฉta nagy ajรกndรฉk lehet flash mรกszรกsnรกl, de a megoldรกs lemรกsolรกsรกnak รกra van: elveszhet a projektelรฉssel jรกrรณ รถrรถm az egyszerลฑ โ€žrobotรผzemmรณdโ€ sorรกn. รgy hรกt ne vesszรผnk el a pixelek kรถzรถtt. : )

Seleccio Natural 9a also by Evan Hau
Evan Hau, who did his first 9a in 2013, has done Seleccio Natural 9a in Santa Linya. (c) Firnenburg brothers " Yes!! My second 9a! Feels good, I haven't climbed this grade since 2013 even though I feel much stronger than I was back then. After sampling this route last year I knew I had to come back to give it a solid try! One of the best climbs I have ever been on!"