NEWS

Today, we got our member #64 000. I total the members have recorded 4.2 million ascents that will help you to find the best crags and routes, through our Tick Lists, available also on beta.8a.nu.

Lezeckรฉ steny rastรบ ako huby po daลพdi
The Techno Creativesje globรกlnou agentรบrou pracujรบcou v automobilovom priemysle. Aby udrลพali svojich zamestnancov v kondรญcii a boli atraktรญvnym zamestnรกvateฤพom, vybudovala si tรกto spoloฤnosลฅ vo svojich priestoroch malรบ lezeckรบ stenu. Nie sรบ vลกak jedinรญ, uลพ sme takรฝchto prรญbehov poฤuli niekoฤพko z viacerรฝch kรบtov sveta. Evolรบcia lezeckรฝch stien naberรก na obrรกtkach a to sme eลกte len na zaฤiatku. Na stene Techno Creative takisto ponรบkajรบ zapoลพiฤanie materiรกlu zadarmo, takลพe keฤ sa ich zamestnanci rozhodnรบ skรบsiลฅ lezenie vonku, mali by byลฅ dostatoฤne pripravenรญ.

Lezenie ako povinnรก sรบฤasลฅ vyuฤovania pre 3000 ลพiakov v Brunicu
Brunico v Juลพnom Tyrolsku mรก pribliลพne 20 000 obyvateฤพov. V roku 2015 mestskรก sprรกva otvorila 8.5 miliรณnovรบ halu, ktorรบ riadi Alpenverein Sรผdtirol, s jedinรฝm cieฤพom: aby mohli maลฅ ลกkolรกci ako povinnรบ sรบฤasลฅ telesnej vรฝchovy lezenie. Kaลพdรฝch 6 tรฝลพdลˆov majรบ ลกtudenti od 9 do 17 rokov spolu s uฤiteฤพmi dve hodiny lezeckรฝch kurzov. Neskรดr prinesieme informรกcie o tom, ako sa tento systรฉm osvedฤil v praxi. Na obrรกzku je za ฤพavou stenou schovanรก 20 metrov ลกirokรก a 18 metrov vysokรก outdoorovรก lezeckรก stena. Eลกte lepลกou sprรกvou je, ลพe je otvorenรก 93.5 hodรญn do tรฝลพdลˆa! ฤŽalลกia trojmiliรณnovรก lezeckรก hala sa nachรกdza asi 30 minรบt cesty autom v meste Brixen s cca 25 000 obyvateฤพmi, no tu eลกte lezenie nie je povinnรฉ. Zaujรญmavosลฅou je, ลพe v regiรณne Juลพnรฉ Tyrolsko ลพije pribliลพne 500 000 ฤพudรญ a 12% z nich sรบ ฤlenmi Alpenverein!

Climbing walls are growing like mushrooms
The Techno Creatives is a global agency working for the automotive industry. In order to have their employees in good shape and to be an attractive employer they just built their own small climbing wall. Similar stories we have heard about around the globe. Climbing walls are evolving like mushrooms and we have just seen the beginning. In the Techno Creative wall they also offer free equipment so once their employees want to get outdoors everything is ready.

8c Again by Alberto Gines (14)
Alberto Gines has done his second 8c, Entre tus Piernas in La Muela. In the 8a ranking game he is #2 among the 14 year olds. "I have been climbing since I was 3 years old, but I started to climb seriously at 6, and I started training with David Maciร  4 years ago. I train 4 days a week and the on the weekend often I go to climb on rock. This year I want to win the Spanish climbing cup and some international competitions and do my first 8a+ onsight and more 8c's.

8c+ FA by Mumin Karabas in Turkey again
Mumin Karabas, who did the first 8c+ in Turkey, has done the ten year old project Karma Sutra 8c+ in Geyik Bayฤฑrฤฑ. "I struggled for 10 climbing days to figure out beta, and the other 10 climbing days for actually doing it. The route is very bouldery, there's 25 moves without chalking or resting." Mumin also reports that there are more than 50 % less climbers this winter season. "As you know the situation in Turkey...Not many foreigners are coming to Turkey for climbing. People are afraid... but there's a beautiful blue sky today and great season for climbing :)))"

Toshi Takeuchi tells us about the new Japanese hard core 90 minute video where he, Ryuichi Murai and Daisuke Ichimiya are featured. They are all in Top-4 in the ranking game. "Mizugaki 160 km from Tokyo and Toyota 300 km away are my favorites. I think, maybe best way to start a trip to Japan is go to one famous climbing gym first like Rocky, PUMP or Basecamp. They have a lot of information about many crags and some people can speak English. PUMP also has all guidebooks which are filled with pictures and maps so that you can figure out how to make it to the crag and boulders."

Objavovaลฅ nezmapovanรฉ lรญnie je nรกลก ลพivotnรฝ ลกtรฝl
Paul Robinson predstavil novรฝ lezeckรฝ film Uncharted lines (Nezmapovanรฉ lรญnie), v ktorom hovorรญ s svojom ลพivotnom ลกtรฝle priekopnรญka novรฝch ciest a bouldrov, ktorรฝ zdieฤพa s lezcami ako Jimmy Webb, Daniel Woods, Chris Sharma a Niky Ceria, ktorรญ takisto รบฤinkujรบ v tomto hodinovom snรญmku. Poslednรฉ slovo vo filme patrรญ Jimmymu Webbovi: "Keฤ sa to skonฤรญ, si spokojnรฝ len na ten jeden moment, tรบ krรกtku chvรญฤพu, a zanedlho potom sa pristihneลก pri myลกlienkach ako - To bola parรกda, a ฤo ฤalej?! A takรญ sme, toto robรญme. Myslรญm, ลพe sa to nikdy nezmenรญ."

Nรกvod na jรณgu pre zaฤiatoฤnรญkov
Prana predstavila nรกvod na jรณgu pre zaฤiatoฤnรญkov. Viacero lezcov svetovรฉho formรกtu sa jรณge venuje a flexibilita je len jednou z vรฝhod. "Najlepลกie na tom je, ลพe mรดลพeลก zaฤaลฅ dnes. Hneฤ teraz. Preฤรญtaj si nรกvod a nezabรบdaj, ลพe hlavnรฉ je รญsลฅ vlastnรฝm tempom a baviลฅ sa. Hlavnรก poลพiadavka? Zabudni na vลกetko, ฤo si myslรญลก, ลพe vieลก o jรณge."

Fourth 8c+ in RRG by Michaela Kiersch
Michaela Kiersch has done her fourth 8c+ in Red River Gorge the last year, 24 Carat, which took some 4-5 weekends. The full time university student, who plans to graduate this year, seems to every other weekend make the seven hour trip from Chicago to challenge some of the best sand stone routes in the world. (c) Leslay Ladlad "So excited to finally put this one away!!!! It was a rollercoaster of emotions between falling low and falling high. I try to take it in stride but it's not always easy to remain open minded. Every climb is a learning experience, and in the end it was the go that started with Mariah Carey that got me to the top!"