Blue Line 8c FA by Illya Bakhmet-Smolenskyi (15)

Illya Bakhmet-Smolenskyi, who did an 9a in 2018, has done the FA of Blue Line 8c in Geyik bayiri. "A line bolted by Mumin Karabas instead of Drop city (8c). Did it 3rd go, maybe 8c+. The crux is a boulder problem going through 9 mono crimps on a small overhang with approx. 7b+/c starting after the first pitch 6c+." The 15-year-old will stay in Turkey for one month with his parents. The last years they have been doing road trips like this 2 - 3 months a year. He has also started doing IFSC comps and last year he was #11 in bouldering and #17 in Lead in the Youth World Championship. "I've been homeschooling since the first grade, I only visited school for some small parts, starting with 5th grade, which could count as 2 years overall. My parents are working in IT, so they are working at home. I wanted to compete in the European cups, but since corona virus is rising up, we are thinking about rock climbing this year."