Hydrangea 8C by Akira Waku (48)

Akira Waku has done his second 8C, Hydrangea, video, which is a link-up of Babel 8B+ and Hydra 8B. It took the 48-year-old 35 days to link them together after having spent 35 days to do them separately. His body fat was less than 5 % being 172 cm and 53 kilos. Akira started climbing 13 years ago being 35 years. There was no climbing gym in the neighborhood so he decided to build one. His physical background was close to nothing. "The climbing gym closed in March this year. I am a company employee and have not been to the climbing gym. I train on a personal wall at home. After that, it is training to go to the climbing area as much as possible and climb a lot. Climbing training is mainly muscle training and campus board training. I devise my own training and practice it. I do not have coaches, trainers, etc and I do not even go there. Training is 2-3 hours at a time, 2-3 days a week + 1-2 days in the boulder area. The contents of physical training are mainly muscle training and trunk training with free weights. The next goal is not yet clear, but I would like to challenge Japan's Horizon V15 and the Australian Whale of Life V15. .