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Siara Fabbri keeps the sends coming with, Toy Boy (8A+)
What's the climbing like on Toy Boy?
Toyboy is a really fun line traversing a smooth crimpy crack feature in a roof and then into some easier overhanging climbing. The 1st crux is a cool move off a small slopey crimp with a sort of double drop knee and tiny upside-down toe hook, and the 2nd crux is a tricky cross move. I fell here on my flash go during my first quick session on it. We came back and after dialling the beta here and with some send train psyche after Kim I sent 2nd try :). A little lesson I took from this block is that I should always tick a far/hard-to-reach hold at the closest point I can grab something!
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8a has published a “Climber of the Year” list for the past 22 years. We base it upon the best information and reporting available, and we give extra credit to multi-disciplin climbers performing in both competitions and on the rock. We also take FAs, trad, multi-pitches, and DWS into consideration. …
Toy Boy 8A (+) by Martina De Preto
Martina De Preto has, in just two sessions, done Toy Boy 8A (+) in Val di Mello. "It is a classic crimpy boulder of Val di Mello. A perfectly beautiful and exci…
New Base Line 8B+ by Siara Fabbri
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2023 8a.nu Climber of the Year
8a has published a “Climber of the Year” list for the past 22 years. We base it upon the best information and reporting available, and we give extra credit to multi-disciplin climbers performing in both competitions and on the rock. We also take FAs, trad, multi-pitches, and DWS into consideration. …
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Will Bosi repeats Return of the Sleepwalker (9A)
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