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9a and 8C by Jernej Kruder
Jernej Kruder has taken some days off from his training preparation for the Boulder WC and done Catalan Witness the Fitness 8C and Bi Herre, Borroka Bat 9a in La Cueva de l'ocell. (c) Greg Mionske "It was unbelievable! Doing a 9a route and 8C boulder in two days is just something wonderful." The Slovenian, is one of the best multi-discipline climbers in the world and he is #2 in the 8a combined ranking game. In 2014, he was #2 in the Boulder World Champion and last year he did Es Pontas 9a+, beside also doing hard core MPs. "My training program is simple and it only contains power endurance, mainly 15 moves circles. I just enjoy climbing....I don't bother with my goals too much...so I'm just working on my power endurance which I think it gives me the best progression."

More or less every climbing gym have some auto-belays and in many ways they are God's gift to the climbers. The dilemma is of course that you very quickly run out of challenges but then you can go rainbow. If there are two routes that are too hard, just combine them and it is also possible to add one more color for your feet. There are endless rainbow possibilities. Other challenges can be to do routes without any colored foot holds or by just using one of your feet or even one of your hands. The more different and crazy routes you try or even speed climb, the more diversified climber you will become. Long away from all the nice comfort routes the gym normally offers, which in the long run will reduce your climbing repertoire.

8c+ by Barbara Zangerl
Barbara Zangerl one of the best female-multi discipline climbers out there has done Chikane in Siurana, which is her first 8c+. (c) Jacopo Larcher "It took me about seven days this year to do Chikane. But I had a look on that one already two years ago. At that time I felt quite far away to connect the hard moves. This year the progress was good. It took me some days to work on the moves then I had a bad fall skipping a draw. After that fall I almost did it but I had some troubles with my mind. Luckily two days later I was more self-confident and finally Chikane was kind with me and didn't kick me off again. Feels so good to enjoy simple life here in Spain and get back into sport climbing mode.

Nina Williams รฉs az Ambrosia fb. 8A highball
Egyszerลฑen asztalt csapkodva csodรกlkozom miรฉrt nem folyik most ez a csapbรณl รฉs miรฉrt nincs mรกr elegem a szeplล‘s amerikai csajszibรณl. Egyszerลฑen nem hagyhatom, hogy a mรกszรณtรกrsadalom szรณ nรฉlkรผl elmenjen -e mellett a hatalmas teljesรญtmรฉny mellett. Persze lehet, hogy a kรถvi reelrock miatt megy a "titoktartรกs", de azรฉrt beszรฉljรผnk rรณla egy kicsit. ลszintรฉn szรณlva eddig nem annyira csรญptem Ninรกt. Azt lรกttam, รกtlagos mรกszรณteljesรญtmรฉnyeket nyรบjt, mint a vilรกg bรกrmely mรกsik kontinensรฉn รฉlล‘ boulderes csajok, de mivel ล‘ a boulderezรฉs szรญvรฉben Colorado-ban รฉl, neki valahogy kรถnnyebb รฉs elรฉrhetล‘bb ebbล‘l az รกtlagos teljesรญtmรฉnybล‘l a megรฉlhetรฉs. Szรฉp vagy รฉs hรฉtvรฉgente felteszel egy muffinsรผtล‘s kรฉpet az instรกra Puccio-val, ez elรฉg az 5.10 szponzorรกciรณhoz. De a negatรญv kรฉpeim รฉs vรฉlemรฉnyem szรฉpen lassan elkezdett megvรกltozni. Elล‘szรถr is Nina tavaly mรกrciusban lecsลฑrte a Bishop-ban talรกlhatรณ Evilution-t, ami egy highball 7C+ rรกadรกsul jรณ magasan a kunszttal. De erre most rรกtett mรฉg egy lapรกttal, ugyanis ugyanezen a tรถmbรถn (ahol a Lucid Dreaming is megy) a tรบloldalon, elsล‘ nล‘kรฉnt mรกszta meg az Ambrosia 8A highball bouldert, ami a 15 mรฉteres magassรกgรกval รฉs korรกntsem kisรฉtรกlรณs befejezรฉsรฉvel szerintem a legkemรฉnyebb nล‘i highball boulderezรฉsek egyike. A legnehezebb megmรกszรกsa egyรฉbkรฉnt a Ray of light 8B Rocklandsbล‘l. Ideje volt fejet hajtanom... Alรกbb az egyetlen รญrรกsos forrรกs

Viac-menej kaลพdรก lezeckรก hala mรก samoist. Tieto ลกikovnรฉ zariadenia sรบ v mnohรฝch ohฤพadoch darom od Boha pre lezcov. Problรฉmom vลกak je, ลพe ฤloveku rรฝchlo dรดjdu novรฉ cesty a potom nezostรกva niฤ inรฉ, ako liezลฅ starรบ znรกmu "dรบhovรบ". Ak sรบ na samoiste dve cesty, ktorรฉ sรบ pre teba prรญliลก ลฅaลพkรฉ, skรบs ich zlรบฤiลฅ, poprรญpade si pridaลฅ stupy inej farby. Pri lezenรญ dรบhovej cesty sรบ moลพnosti neobmedzenรฉ. ฤŽalลกou alternatรญvou mรดลพe byลฅ lezenie ciest bez pouลพitia dodatoฤnรฝch stupov, ฤi za pouลพitia len jednej nohy ฤi ruky. ฤŒรญm viac rozdielnych ciest vyskรบลกaลก, tรฝm rozhฤพadenejลกรญm lezcom mรดลพeลก byลฅ. Mรดลพeลก dokonca skรบsiลฅ liezลฅ cesty aj na rรฝchlosลฅ. Takรฉto metรณdy ลฅa oddialia od klasickรฝch pohodlnรฝch ciest, ktorรฉ zvyฤajne steny poskytujรบ, a ktorรฉ ti v koneฤnom dรดsledku nepomรดลพe zlepลกiลฅ si lezeckรฝ repertoรกr. Autor: Jens Larssen

Ondra trains his flexibility in a ballet school
Adam Ondra post on his Instagram: "The neighbor of our climbing gym is a ballet school. Went for a visit ;)