12 November 2022

Helicopter v pošašt (8c) by Igor "Deda" Čorko (52)

Last weekend 52 years old Igor Čorko aka Deda (eng. Grandpa) climbed his third 8c route. The route is "Helicopter v pošašt" 8c in Pajkova strekha, which is a combination of the routes "Helicopter v omaki" 8b and "Osapska pošašt" 8c. What’s interesting is that he did his first 8c at age 45. Two years ago, he did his second, two years after he fractured the arm and both heels.

We got the news from Roko Labrovic who comments. "It is again proof that persistence, will, and renunciation work miracles in life or at least in climbing. Let this be an inspiration to the younger generations. I think he is training 4 times per week. Climbing mostly outside, at least one training is indoor. One more thing that can be interesting is that he built 2 climbing gyms here in Varaždin, Croatia. In which he regularly maintains and sets routes, of course with some help of club members...and he has climbed 250+ routes, grades from 8a - 8c."
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