Greed 8c (+) by Lee Hak-Jin (12) after 15 months of climbing

Lee Hak-Jin from Korea, who started climbing 15 months ago doing 6a's, has done Greed 8c (+) at Railay Beach. Amazingly, this was the first time he climbed outdoors. Previously his focus had been competitions and he won the Asian KidsCombined Championship in August. The 12-year-old is 170 cm tall and weighs 50 kg. His trainer is Han Man-gyu. "He trained at the center three times a week for six hours a day from the beginning, and on Saturdays and Sundays, he made bouldering and lead climbing for more than six hours. All students who come into the center for a career are trained for three to four months. The training method is only for six times a minute, with jawrest, pinch, pocket, and H.I.T training. After this course, endurance, interval training, and then running. The important training method is onsight exercises. New routes with 50 - 60 moves are being created every day. After five months of training, he won a small climbing tournament and became a self-confident and hard-working student. What I've seen and felt since then is a big deal."