17 March 2017

The world's fastest 8c+ climber, Steve Townshend, is 36 and 190 cm

Steve Townshend, member of 8a since 2000, has done four trips to Railay projecting Greed 8c+. This January he made another high point with his amazing speed climbing perfectionist style and he is 190 cm tall.
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Steve Townshend, člen 8a komunity od roku 2000, navštívil Railay a svoj projekt Greed 8c+ dokopy 4krát. V januári tohto roka sa dostal zatiaľ najďalej vďaka perfektnému a rýchlemu štýlu, ktorý v ceste používa. Treba takisto dodať, že je celkom vysoký, má 190m.