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Papichulo 9a+ by Patxi Usobiaga (37)
Patxi Usobiaga, the best climber in the world during the late -00's who then got a neck injury from a traffic accident, reports on his training website, Pucseries that he has done Papichulo 9a+ in Oliana. "Iโ€™m already thinking about the next projects! One down, many more to go. The road back to the top is just beginning." (c) Javi Pec

31 March 2017

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9a FA by Alex Megos in Chile
Alex Megos, who just won the CWIF ahead of several famous WC boulderers, reports on Facebook that he has done the FA of Pasito a Pasito in Valled de los Condoros after just two days of projecting. "Super excited! Finally after 4 months off because of my finger injury I felt like I was climbing again for the first time without constantly thinking about my finger! It's still not great yet but getting there!"

Reduce lowering accidents
Lowering accidents are pretty common and we should always tie a knot, but the problem is of course that doing it always might feel a bit strange climbing 12 meter routes. Another solution for this is to always have your hand straight down, which hopefully will make you feel that the rope is about to end. In order to benefit from this belay technique with a straight arm downwards, you need to have 99 % of the friction on the belay device, meaning in practice you just touch the rope within your hand. You should also lower down slowly. An advantage with this belay technique is that your hand will get less dirty. It should be noted that some belay device producers, like Petzl, say you should open the GriGri fully and have 100 % of the friction in your hand. However, no experienced climber follows this advice. General 8a safety article. The picture shows that with your hand too close to the Grigri you will not have a chance to feel that the rope is too short and also would not be able to hinder it from passing though the Grigri. With your hand as far away from the Grigri and working with the friction only, you increase your chances to not let the rope run through your belay device if you forgot to tie a knot.

Pozsonyi Adidas Boulder Cup, hazai sikerek!
Egy nรฉpesebb csapat lรกtogatott el a hรฉtvรฉgi Pozsonyi nemzetkรถzi boulderversenyre. Mivel az Adidas is nevรฉt adta az esemรฉnyhez, szรญnvonalas versenyre lehetett szรกmรญtani. A 10 boulderes selejtezล‘ utรกn 4 leรกnyzรณ รฉs 3 fiรบ jutott tovรกbb a Magyar csapatbรณl a 10 fล‘s dรถntล‘be. A verseny รฉrdekessรฉge volt egyรฉbkรฉnt, hogy egy hatalmas plรกzรกnak a fรถldszรญntjรฉn rendeztรฉk meg, a 'hogyan nรฉpszerลฑsรญtsรผk a mรกszรณsportot' cรญmลฑ listรกra esetleg felรญrhatnรกnk ezt is... A csajok dรถntล‘jรฉvel kezdล‘dtek az esemรฉnyek, ami nem kis izgalmakat tartogatott. Dobogรณs lett vรฉgรผl Kirรกly Nรณra harmadik helyen, negyedik helyezรฉst Benus Adรฉl hozta haza, 7. lett Farkas Panka, 10. pedig Sรกndor Rรฉka. Adรฉl รฉs Norci mindketten 3 Top-ot mรกsztak meg, prรณbaszรกm dรถntรถtt a helyezรฉsekrล‘l. De hasonlรณan tรถrtรฉnt ez a fiรบknรกl is. A hรกrom magyar srรกc rendre 3 Top-ot mรกszott meg. 4. helyezett lett Strommer Soma, 5. Komjรกti Zoli, 6. pedig Izer Bรกlint. A versenyen egyรฉbkรฉnt kiemelkedล‘en teljesรญtett mรฉg Bakurecz (holanyรณcรกd?) รdรกm, aki nemsokรกra belecsap a nemzetkรถzi ifjรบsรกgi kupรกkba. รdรกm a felnล‘ttek kรถzรถtt 12. lett, sajรกt korcsoportjรกban pedig mรกsodik. Gratulรกlok az egรฉsz csapatnak az eredmรฉnyekรฉrt. Bล‘vebb infรณkรฉrt: Magyar versenymรกszรณk fb. oldal.

Ako znรญลพiลฅ riziko nehody pri spรบลกลฅanรญ
Nehody pri spรบลกลฅanรญ sรบ pomerne ฤastรฉ a kaลพdรฝ z nรกs by mal viazaลฅ na konci lana uzol, ฤo sa vลกak pri lezenรญ 12-metrovรฝch ciest mรดลพe zdaลฅ trochu zbytoฤnรฉ. Okrem uzlu je rieลกenรญm drลพaลฅ istiacu ruku neustรกle vystretรบ smerom dole a dรบfaลฅ, ลพe ฤlovek zacรญti, kedy sa blรญลพi koniec lana. Aby bola takรกto technika efektรญvna musรญ byลฅ 99% trenia v istรญtku a zvyลกok v ruke, ฤo v praxi znamenรก, ลพe by sa istiฤ lana mal len dotรฝkaลฅ. Takisto by mal spรบลกลฅaลฅ pomaly. ฤŽalลกou vรฝhodou je, ลพe sa pri tejto technike istiaca ruka menej zaลกpinรญ. Niektorรญ vรฝrobcovia, napr. Petzl, uvรกdzajรบ, ลพe pri spรบลกลฅanรญ cez GriGri by mal istiฤ รบplne zatlaฤiลฅ pรกฤku a vลกetko trenie vytvรกraลฅ vlastnou rukou. ลฝiadny skรบsenรฝ lezec vลกak toto odporรบฤanie nedodrลพiava. 8a ฤlรกnok o vลกeobecnej bezpeฤnosti. Na obrรกzku je vidno, ลพe keฤ istiฤ drลพรญ ruku prรญliลก blรญzko GriGri nemรก ลกancu cรญtiลฅ, ลพe je zvyลกok lana prรญliลก krรกtky a nebude maลฅ ลกancu spomaliลฅ prechod lana istรญtkom. Pri drลพanรญ ruky ฤรญm ฤalej od istรญtka, ฤรญm ฤlovek pracuje len s trenรญm, zvyลกuje svoje ลกance na zachytenie lana eลกte pred tรฝm, ako GriGri prekฤบzne, ak si neuviazal uzol. Autor: Jens Larssen

David Lama doing Cerro Torre
โ€œCerro Torreโ€ is a thrilling coming of age story centered around David Lama and his attempt to become the first person to free climb the infamous south east ridge of Cerro Torre, something that was said to be impossible for decades. Nobody could have anticipated the events and difficulties leading up to Davidโ€™s successful climb, but in the end they turned the movie into a suspenseful feature film unlike any other. Here you can watch the 100 minutes movie. Being 15 years old, David Lama was second in his first Lead World Cup. The next stage he won as well as his first Boulder WC and the European Championship. Two years later, he also won in Lead and Bouldering but he stopped competing in 2010 at 20 years old.

Marketa Janosova (12) does her 32 pitch Dawn Wall challenge
Marketa Janosova, who last year did two 8a's, onsighted her first 7c and was able to complete her 32 pitch dawn wall challenge during eight days, just like Adam Ondra. "In November 2016, I had plenty of time to watch Adam Ondra on his mission in Yosemite. My hands were sweating when I read his report from the Dawn Wall. I imagined how I would have felt had I been in his place and came up with a project My Dawn Wall. This project consists in climbing 32 routes in 8 days. The difficulty of the routes should match my capabilities. For example, Adam's dream is 9c, my dream is 8a+, so instead of 9a I will climb 7b+ (8c +: 7b, 8c: 7a +, etc.) The main goal of the project My Dawn Wall is to find out how Adam felt and show you that climbing easier routes can be more fun. Let's save the difficult routes for later and let's go gather meters. Are you in?"

La Rambla je 9a+ podฤพa sรบฤasnรฝch ลกtandardov
V 1994 spravil Alex Huber prvรฝ prelez cesty La Rambla. Jeho verzia konฤila o cca osem metrov niลพลกie ako terajลกia a ohodnotil ju na 8c+. Autorom lรญnie ako ju poznรกme dnes je Ramon Julian Puigblanque. Cesta vznikla, keฤ odtraverzoval do vedฤพajลกej lรญnie a ฤalej pokraฤoval do dneลกnรฉho zlaลˆรกku, priฤom sa snaลพil ฤรญm viac sa drลพaลฅ Huberovej lรญnie, ฤรญm vynechal veฤพkรฉ madlo vpravo. Doposiaฤพ mรก La Rambla 15 opakovanรญ a je tak najviac lezenรฝm 9a+ na svete. Kaลพdรฝ z prelezcov, aลพ na Adama Ondru, pouลพil spomรญnanรฉ madlo a aj Adam svoj prelez okomentoval slovami: "bez oddychovรฉho chytu, aj keฤ je hlรบposลฅ povaลพovaลฅ ho za nepovolenรฝ." Ramonet sa vyjadril, ลพe obtiaลพnosลฅ 9a+ navrhol na zรกklade prelezu bez pouลพitia madla. Za zmienku takisto stojรญ, ลพe v roku 2008 spravil Ramonet prelez susednej cesty a oklasifikoval ju ako 8c. Neskรดr bola jej obtiaลพnosลฅ zvรฝลกenรก a dnes je vรคฤลกinou povaลพovanรก za 9a. La Rambla originรกl je dnes potvrdenรฝm 9a+. Alex Huber a viacerรญ jej prelezcovia vลกak povedali, ลพe predฤบลพenie nepridรกva vรฝrazne na obtiaลพnosti, takลพe by Huberova pรดvodnรก verzia za 8c+ mala byลฅ podฤพa dneลกnรฝch ลกtandardov 9a. Ak pouลพijeme tรบto istรบ logiku, pred desiatimi rokmi by Ramonetova verzia s vynechanรญm madla bola pravdepodobne len ลฅaลพkรฝm 9a. Greg Mionske Autor: Jens Larssen