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Mivel a tavasz nagyjรกbรณl kimaradt, a tavalyi restanciรกkat mรฉg a nyรกri melegek elลtt le kell tudni. Errลl tett tanรบbizonysรกgot Nรฉmeth Rudolf aki a harmadik 8b-jรฉt zsebelte be a hรฉtvรฉgรฉn, megmรกszva a Fenevadat a Kis-Gerecsรฉben. Rudika nem igazi ลsgerecsรฉs, mรฉgis ha az elmรบlt pรกr รฉvet nรฉzzรผk a bรกnyรกban kijelenthetjรผk, hogy ล mรกr ott egy fix bรบtordarab.
De korรกntsem ez az egyelten hazai hรญr! A pรกr hete LED vรฉgรฉbลl potyogรณ Benke Balรกzs befejezte 8a+ -os projektjรฉt, mely a Laurรกbรณl Zed-be valรณ รกtmรกszรกst jelenti. Balรกzs Rettenet Erลรฉknรฉl vendรฉgeskedett รฉs hozott is magรกval egy keveset. Nemrรฉgiben a isztriai Befana 7c flash megmรกszรกsa รฉs a Kล-รกrki Zรถld hullรกm 7b+ on-sightja is errลl tanรบskodik.
Ipach Marci is tovรกbb szรญnesรญti a mezลnyt a halfmezko team tagjakรฉnt a Gerecse hegysรฉgben. Ezรบttal a Bubb Feri klasszikus peremลrรผletet; az Abokalipszist bรผntette le. รgy a komment: Az ugrรกs nagyon kirรกly mozdulat, meglepลen nehรฉz azonban beadni ha elรถlrลl megy az ember. Marci idรฉn abszolรบt kinลtte a bรกnya lakรณja gรบnynevet (meghagyva Rudikรกnak) รฉs eszeveszett aprรญtรกsba kezdett a kรถrnyezล hazai boulderhelyeken is, melyrลl hamarosan egy videรณ is be fog szรกmolni.
Borbรฉly Gรกbor nemrรฉg felรฉlesztett egy szunnyadรณ vadat. Avagy a "hogy lehet minden รฉvben kiรกsni a gerecsei murva alรณl mรฉg egy 7c-t cรญmลฑ verseny gyลztese lett" รฉs akadnak is szรฉpen a motivรกlt boulderes ismรฉtlลk. Eszmei kรฉrdรฉseit Gรกbor a BHSK blogon rรฉszletezte.
Derรฉk Laci รฉvekig on-sightolgatta a fลvรกrosi mรกszรณtermekben a 7b รฉs 7b+ utakat mire lehetett belรฉ annyi magabiztossรกgot verni, hogy a Gerecse hegysรฉg tรบloldalรกt is cรฉlba vegye. Idรฉn vรฉgre elลszรถr elkezdte a Kis-Gerivel valรณ barรกtkozรกst, melynek azonnal egy Retek 7c flash lett az eredmรฉnye. Lacirรณl mรฉg fogunk hallani a kรถzeljรถvลben รบgy gondolom.
Kรผlfรถldรถn is tรถrtรฉnt egy s mรกs...
Simon Bence kรฉt รกllamvizsga kรฉszรผlรฉs kรถzรถtt kiugrott Szlovรกkiรกba, ahol รบgy lรกtszik 4-5 prรณbรกbรณl lemennek a 8b-k. Ezรบttal a Harmaneci Hypoxia ment le รถt prรณbรกbรณl รฉs mellรฉ mรฉg egy 7c+ on-sight is akadt a Konekลกn kรฉpรฉben. Bence szรฉp รบton halad a 8a on-sightok felรฉ...
Dรฉlre Bรกn Tamรกs is remekelt egy รบjabb "egy nap alatt" megmรกszott 7c+ รบttal, a Fidy Marci รกltal pรกr รฉve (szรกmunkra) felfedezett Mea culpa perem รฉs lyukลrรผlete esett most el.
~menjรผnk vissza a terembe is kicsit~
Hรฉtvรฉgรฉn zajlott a Bigwall Magyar Kupa, az elsล kรถteles kupafordulรณ idรฉn. Hรถlgyeknรฉl majdnem papรญrformรกnak mondhatรณ teljesรญtmรฉnnyel Benus Adรฉl nyerte a bajnoksรกgot egyedรผlikรฉnt Top-ot mรกszva a nลi dรถntล รบton. Fiรบknรกl mรกr korรกntsem volt annyira egyรฉrtelmลฑ ki รกllhat a dobogรณ legfelsล fokรกra.
A verseny legnagyobb meglepetรฉsembere a dรผhรถdt formรกban lรฉvล Gerecse Egyesรผleti Elnรถk; Nagy Ervin - aki 4. lett a nyรญlt fรฉrfi kategรณriรกban. Ervin a veterรกn kategรณriรกban รฉvek รณta hozza a dobogรณ kรถrnyรฉki helyezรฉseket, de most sokakat megruhรกzott a fiatal korosztรกlybรณl... hรกt nem csak a hรบszรฉvesekรฉ a vilรกg.
3. helyezett a Svรกjc รฉs Ausztria termeiben edzล Barabรกs Gรกbor lett, hozta a tลle megszokottat, sem tรถbbet sem kevesebbet, sajnos a nyakbehรบzรณs teknลsรผzemmรณd ma kimaradt.
Na de! A mรกsodik helyezettnรฉl รกlljunk meg egy szรณra (vagy tรถbbre). Van egy srรกc aki a legtรถbb Magyar Kupรกs versenyen megjelenik az alfรถldrลl, รกltalรกban minden burokban nevelkedett pesti รฉrtetlenkedve รกll a kรฉrdรฉs elลtt: Ki a bรกnat lehet ez? S ezt mรฉg csak tetรฉzi, ha lรกtjรกk a teljesรญtmรฉnyeit รฉs azt hogy Szegedrลl is lehet dobogรณra รกllni a Magyar Kupa versenyen, รบgy hogy nincs normรกlis terem - se team. A fiรบ nem edz, fizikai munkรกval รฉs favรกgรณ ipari alpin munkรกval tartja karban a kondijรกt, csak nagy ritkรกn fรฉr bele egy egy mรกszรกs a melรณ รฉs esti suli mellett. Egy elรฉggรฉ tehetsรฉges srรกcrรณl van szรณ, aki edzรฉs nรฉlkรผl szorongatja Strommer Somรกt. ล Hegedลฑs Balรกzs.
Volt a szegedi mรกszรกsnak egy aranykora, amikor szinte minden hรฉtvรฉgรฉn ment kocsijuk a Kis-Gerecsรฉbe vagy a Szegedhez ?kรถzel? esล kรผlfรถldi sziklamรกszรณ helyekre. Ennek motorja Lajkรณ Bendegรบz volt รฉs hiszitek vagy sem, jรถtt vele legtรถbbszรถr egy kisfiรบ aki szรฉpen on-sightolgatta a geris 7a-7b(!)-ket รบgy 2011 nyarรกn. Bazsi megnลtt, ma Magyar Kupรกn mรกsodik. Illene hรกt mรกr megjegyezni a nevรฉt.
Ekkora rizsa utรกn pedig jรถjjรถn az elsล helyezett. Volt egy kis dilemma, ugyanis a dรถntลben az elsล รฉs mรกsodik helyezett pontosan ugyanannyit mรกszott, illetve Balรกzs mรฉg elindรญtotta a mozdulatot amit Soma mรกr nem. De a Magyar Versenyszabรกlyzatban elvileg nem lรฉtezik elindรญtott mozdulat pontozรกsa, รญgy ugyanolyan teljesรญtmรฉnynek szรกmรญtott a kรฉt dรถntล รบt, a selejtezล alapjรกn pedig a gyลztes; Strommer Soma! Gratulรกlunk!
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018 May 2017
The best of Greece beside Kalymnos
Aris Theodoropoulos, who has made all Kalymnos topos, has just finished a new topo which covers the best of Greece. In total, 31 crags are presented in 435 pages also including over 1 000 routes in Leonidio. Just by looking at the map and the high number of high rated climbs, it should be on every climber's to do list to fly down to Athens and make a three week road trip (at least!) on the main land. Basically, this looks like the most weather proof winter destination in Europe as the stats says it very seldom rains and the average winter temperature is 10 degrees.
More info on Climb Greece where you also can buy it for Euro 40. The topo is produced together with Vertical-Life which means their App guide is included.
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018 May 2017
Gambit - A comfortable training shoe
Gambit from Five Ten is a really comfortable training shoe and because it is rather stiff you can use a bigger size and wear it throughout the whole training sessions or doing a multi-pitch. They feel almost like having your trainers on and I have used them during warming up or doing long slabby routes. They also come in a velcro model but in a way then you are missing the point, the Gambit is not about taking them off and on during your session quickly.
This is how Five Ten presents them; More info
Stealthยฎ C4โข rubber outsole (4mm)
Lined leather upper โ Minimal stretch
3โ4 length lace closure system
Rounded toe box
Molded thermoplastic midsole
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0Several coffee shops, restaurants and mini markets have opened during 2017 in Kalymnos. The big tumble-down hotel at the end of Massouri is being renovated and within some weeks a new climbing shop is opening up in this area. Although, Ryan Air reduced their flights in 2016 and will in 2017 stop flying to Kos, the entrepreneurship is booming on the island.
During 2016, the number of climbers dropped some 20 % and although it seems less climbers have traveled to the island 2017, the number of climbers remain the same as more non-European visitors seem to stay longer periods.
One reason for the growing entrepreneurship might be that they hope that the new owner of the airport in Kos, who will increase its capacity, will bring in more flights starting 2018. The municipality is trying to get more funding for rebolting and also improving the paths.
Overall, Kalymnos is at it's best with 3 000 routes and not so many climbers so it just might be that this autumn it might be that you could get the peak. Here is an old 8a article.
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017 May 2017
O-Key also a Safety First innovation
Some twenty years ago, an Italian World Cup climber fell to the ground and injured himself badly, as he had not tightened his bowline knot. Directly afterwards IFSC made it mandatory to use the eight knot during comps. At the same time, in every WC competition there is a problem to untie the knot that sometimes results in 1 - 2 minutes delay.
The O-Key device solves this problem by squeezing it in the knot before climbing. Back on the ground you just take the it out and untie will become much simpler. Possibly IFSC will make it mandatory to use on World Cups.
On the other hand, the O-Key is in fact also a Safety First innovation because by squeezing it in, it is like confirming that you have finished your eight knot. Most us have forget this once or have had friends who have forgotten it and in some cases it has resulted in bad injuries. Most of us re-check the knot high up on the route and with the "Safety First" device, all these guys will feel more comfortable.
After having used it for some days in Kalymnos, I am very positive about it and possibly this is a game changer when it comes to safety. Once my belayer says, - On belay!, I check my knot answering with - Safety First! Having kids, I will make it mandatory for them to use it and it will be nice to pass it over to my friends, showing I care.
The O-Key or "Safety First" device is an invention by Albi Schneider, who ten years ago introduced the belay glasses to the market. He will present the O-Key at Outdoor in Friedrichshafen in June. Yesterday, he got the message that his O-Key made it to the finals where they are about to present the best new products of 2017. The price will be 4 or 5 Euros but Albi also plans to sell them in packages of five for Euro 10, so you can have a package in your rucksack and give away to friends.
The O-Key can also be used as your small stick opening your carabiner while going for a stick clip.
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1816 May 2017
Fifth 9a in 2017 by Piotr Schab
Piotr Schab, who has done four 8b+ and harder onsights the last two weeks, is halfway of his goal to do ten 9a's in 2017 by sending Victimas Perez in Margalef. (c) Wojtek Kozakiewicz
"Endurance climbing on pockets with an insecure jump at the end. Extremely painful but all in all it's worth some struggle :)"
Now the plan is to start training for the Lead competition season that starts with the European Champion in Italy 30/6.
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016 May 2017
Glassberg sets the bar at 8C
Jon Glassberg has a personal best of 8B but he is aiming for The Big Island 8C in Fontainebleau. Read his blog on La Sportiva describing his process and plan where he also says that, "Any climber with an athletic disposition, dedication, time, appropriate training and proper diet can climb V10(7C+).
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0Ten years ago, Albi Schneider presented his CU belay glasses on the market and 8a immediately gave it a thumbs up. Many were skeptical but it was such a great success that it was copied but after a trial, the guys selling it in Europe have to pay a licence. All in all, it has been estimated that at least some 50 000 pairs of glasses have been produced and sold around the world.
In Kalymnos, where you can buy the CU's at just 79 Euros at Wild Sport often half of the belayers actually use belay glasses on the sectors with 25+ meter walls. 8a is currently testing another innovation by Albi that probably also will become popular in the future. On the picture, World Champion Angy Eiter is uses her CU's while route reading.
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214 May 2017
8C FA of Christof Rauch
Christof Rauch, famous for having done more than 350 boulders 8A and harder the last 3.5 years, has done his second 8C FA, Iron Knuckles in Kรคrnten.
"Perfect moment! Surely one of the biggest fights I've ever had, and definitely the hardest problem I have ever climbed. I feel in really good shape at the moment and I've never put so much effort into a single boulder problem. I just really wanted to climb this thing and it was always fun to try those moves. All together I worked on this beast about 14 sessions. Two hours after my ascent it started to rain really heavily, so I got soaked on the 50 minute walk back to the car.
The problem links a perfect shaped crack with a little feet first section, about 8A+ at itself, into "Hard Knock Life" 8B, all in all about 20 hard moves and there is still an harder exit..."
Directly after the send Christof, who is working full time as an electrician and engine building technician, started to work linking the 8A+ traverse with an 8B+ finish. Another fun fact is that it is a 50 min hike to the boulder and as many times before, he did it by himself, in order to get a full day experience challenging some rocks out in the nature.
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