15 December 2013

Junior of the year 2013 - Draft

Here is a draft of the 8a Climber of the year 2013. We foremost value climbers doing different disciplines and multiple ascents including FA's. Please give feedback of who you want higher up and who we are missing. We have chosen not to mention Tito Claudio Traversa who was #6 last year and climbed even harder 2013 until he had his tragic accident - RIP. 1. Ashima Shiraishi -01 USA 2. Mirko Caballero -01 USA 3. Mikel Linacisoro -00 ESP 4. Piotr Schab -96 POL 5. Domen Skofic -94 SLO 6. Momoka Oda,-94 JPN 7. Anak Verhoeven -96 BEL 8. Magdalena Röck -94 AUT 9. Brooke Raboutou -01 USA 0. Cameron Hörst -00 USA, Jonathan Hörst -02 USA, Drew Ruana -00, Samuel Ometz -95 AUT, Stefano Carnati -98, Margo Hayes -98, David Firnenberg -94, Katharina Posch -94, Jenaya Kazbekova -96, Michael O'Rourke -94, Alex Ventajas -99, Karoline Sinnhuber -95, Michaela Kiersch -94, Alex Hernandex -98, Giorgia Tesio -00, Janja Garnbret -99, Dmitry Fakiryanov -94, Naoki Shimatani -96, Tim Unuk -96, Hannes Puman -97, Samuel Hammer -97, Hugo Meignan -95, Stasa Gejo -97, Giuliano Cameroni -97, Kai Lightner -99
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