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beta.8a.nu responsive mobile site
beta.8a.nu is our new responsive site for mobile phones with some new smart functions. 1. New Crag and Ticklist search optimized for mobile 2. Search "Nearby Crags" based on you location and get driving instructions. 3. Separated News and Video pages 4. Share to FB and Twitter etc Next on the list is to develop a very easy and quick way to add routes with your mobile.

Neลกลฅastnรฝ pรกd v Oliane - varovanie!
Ofer Blutrich sa aktรญvne venuje preisลฅovaniu, robeniu novรฝch ciest, รบdrลพbe a vzdelรกvaniu verejnosti v Izreali. Prednedรกvnom vymenil na najpopulรกrnejลกom 7c v Oliane vลกetky erรกrne expresky za novรฉ Black Diamondky. "Len pre pokoj duลกe. Uลพ som sa na vลกetky tie nebezpeฤnรฉ expresky nemohol pozeraลฅ." Napriek tejto opatrnosti sa vลกak nevyhol nehode. Po pรกde v ceste Gorilas en la niebla 8b+ sa priลฅahoval naspรคลฅ k expreske, keฤ si vลกimol, ลพe nit bol povolenรฝ a drลพal len na poslednom zรกvite. Keฤลพe nebolo moลพnรฉ ho utiahnuลฅ rukou, pokรบsil sa doliezลฅ k nasledujรบcemu isteniu, z ktorรฉho by bolo moลพnรฉ nit utiahnuลฅ, no pri pokuse spadol a narazil od predskalia. "Bol som evakuovanรฝ do nemocnice, no naลกลฅastie som si niฤ nezlomil, mรกm len rozลฅatรฝ lakeลฅ a pรกr modrรญn. Je moลพnรฉ, ลพe sa poฤas poslednรฝch rokov viacerรญ lezci snaลพili nit utiahnuลฅ ruฤne, no takรฉto rieลกenie je len doฤasnรฉ a skรดr ฤi neskรดr aj tak povolรญ. Lezec by mal vo svojej vรฝbave maลฅ fixnรฉ nรกsady na uลฅahovanie veฤพkostรญ 17 a 19 a skrutkovaฤ. Ofer ich mรก a nosรญ ich pod skaly. S Oferom zostaneme v kontakte a skรบsime prรญsลฅ na nรกvod, akรฝm by sa dalo podobnej nehode predรญsลฅ v budรบcnosti. "V tej situรกcii to bolo ลฅaลพkรฉ rozhodnutie. Ja som sa rozhodol skรบsiลฅ doliezลฅ k ฤalลกiemu isteniu." Henning Wang sa pripรกja s nรกzorom ohฤพadom celej situรกcie: "Sรบhlasรญm, ลพe maลฅ nรกradie na uลฅahovanie je dobrรฉ a ak ho lezec mรก pri sebe, podobnรฝm situรกciรกm by sa malo daลฅ vyvarovaลฅ. . V tomto prรญpade by vลกak utiahnutie nitu niฤ nezmenilo. Ako to viem? Prednedรกvnom som cestu liezol a skรบsil som chybnรฝ nit pritiahnuลฅ. Problรฉmom vลกak je, ลพe sa do povolenรฉho nitu padalo prรญliลก veฤพa, ฤo spรดsobilo jeho pokrivenie a zdeformovanie. Jedinรฝm rieลกenรญm je vymeniลฅ ho. Skorรฉ uzdravenie Ofer! Autor: Jens Larssen

Local Slovenia comp with world class participants
Stefan Wraber reports from the latest stage of NLP League that started in 2009. Beside the impressive podium also Staลกa Gejo, Mina Markovic, Mia Krampl and Julija Kruder participated. 1. Gabriele Moroni - Janja Garnbret 2. Jernej Kruder - Katja Kadiฤ‡ 3. Domen ล kofic - Mia Krampl "An idea by Urh ฤŒehovin and Gregor ล eliga, their goal was to establish an amateur boulder league, without a lot of organisation, route setting and prizes, just color taped boulders on otherwise full wall. Since our gym is small (some 200m2), we have to have holds everywhere. The rules were simple... Climb as many boulders as you can, no bonuses, no counting tries, just get a hold of that last hold! Share a beta, cheer for your friends and most of all, enjoy the climbing. The best 8 boys and 8 girls enter the evening finals. Throughout the years NLP was very well accepted in our climbing community due to its laid back nature, excellent boulders and final show, always a spectacle due to a DJ, light show and an energized vibe from the crowd. And sometimes with a funky dress code, that adds to non formality of the league." More great pictures.

Margo Hayes celebrates the climbing community
Margo Hayes philosophical thoughts on Instagram with another great picture from Greg Mionske. "I am overwhelmed and humbled by the support Iโ€™ve received from the climbing community, and my family and friends near and far. None of us achieves our dreams alone, we do so together, and build on those who have come before us. We are a community that not only supports each other regardless of our backgrounds and differences, but is also one that realizes the importance of respecting and preserving our planet. The climbers at the cliffs in Siurana last weekend came from many nations, and were a snapshot of what the world can be like, one of support, communication, and peace. Kudos to @honngy for the initial send... up next @jon_cardwell! Thank you for the capturing our try hard moments!@greg_mionske

Za poslednรฉ roky sme mohli sledovaลฅ, ลพe sa ลพenskรฉ vรฝkony eลกte viac pribliลพujรบ tรฝm muลพskรฝm a u tรญnedลพerov sa zdรก, ลพe chlapฤenskรฉ a dievฤenskรฉ vรฝkony sรบ vyrovnanรฉ. Margo Hayes, Ashima Shiraishi, Janja Garnbret a Laura Rogora nastavili novรฉ ลกtandardy a ukรกzali tak, ลพe lezenie je z hฤพadiska rovnosti pohlavรญ unikรกtnym ลกportom. V boulderingu sรบ chalani stรกle napred, no v prรญpade juniorov narodenรฝch po roku 2000 je jednotkou Ashima Shiraishi. V dospelรกckej kategรณrii to vลกak tieลพ nie je รบplne chlapskรก zรกleลพitosลฅ, Oriane Bertone sa v rebrรญฤkoch takisto umiestลˆuje na poprednรฝch miestach. Girl power!

Mr Safety gets unlucky - Bolt alert!
Ofer Blutrich is the most active bolter in Israel and he also takes care of maintaining the bolts at the crag, rebolting and educating. Two days ago he took down all fixed gear on the most popular 7c in Oliana and replaced it with new Black Diamond quick draws. "Just for my peace of mind. I could not see all dangerous gear any more." Yesterday, Ofer took a fall on Gorilas en la niebla 8b+ and once he pulled up he saw that the hanger was loose, actually hanging on the last thread. As it was impossible to tighten the nut by hand he tried to reach the next bolt and then the hanger cut loose and he took a very hard fall, hitting the slab below. "I was evacuated to the hospital, and luckily didn't break anything just a cut in the elbow and painful bruises." Most probably, several climbers have during the last years tightened this loose hanger with their hands but this is just a short-term solution and sooner or later it will pop. Climbers should have a fixed 17 and 19 nut tool in their equipment and as a matter of a fact, Ofer always brings it to the crag. We will continue discussing with Ofer and try to come up with some advice on what to do if you end up in the same situation as Ofer. "It was a hard situation for decision making. I took the decision to try and reach the next bolt." Henning Wang comments on the situation with an explanation on the loose hanger. "I will agree that a nut tool is a good addition to the gear, and had someone used one the moment the nut started coming undone, that might have saved the bolt. In this case however a nut tool would change nothing. How do I know this? I did the route last week and tried to fix the nut with a nut tool last spring. The problem with the bolt in question is that it has taken too many falls with the hanger almost off resulting in bending and warping of the metal. The only solution to this bolt is to replace it with a new one. Hope you recover quickly Ofer!"

Margo Hayes vyzdvihuje lezeckรบ komunitu
Filozofickรฉ zamyslenie Margo Hayes na Facebooku sprevรกdzanรฉ ฤalลกou parรกdnou fotkou Grega Mionskeho. "Som ohromenรก a poctenรก podporou, ktorรบ som dostala od lezeckej komunity, rodiny a priateฤพov blรญzkych aj vzdialenรฝch. Nikto z nรกs svoje ciele nedosahuje sรกm, robรญme tak spoloฤne a staviame na tom, ฤo dokรกzali tรญ pred nami. Nie sme len komunitou, v ktorej jeden druhรฉho podporujeme nehฤพadiac na to, odkiaฤพ pochรกdzame ฤi v ฤom sme rozdielni, ale aj komunitou, ktorรก si uvedomuje, ako dรดleลพitรฉ je reลกpektovaลฅ a chrรกniลฅ naลกu planรฉtu. V Siurane sa ziลกli lezci z mnohรฝch krajรญn a ukรกzali, akรฝ vie byลฅ svet - plnรฝ podpory, komunikรกcie a mieru. Kudos @honngy-mu za prelez... @jon_cardwell si na rade! Vฤaka, @greg_mionske, za zachytenie naลกich pokusov!

During many years, we have seen that females are getting closer to male performances and for teenagers it seems that the best girls and boys are nowadays at the same level. Margo Hayes, Ashima Shiraishi, Janja Garnbret and Laura Rogara have set new standards for the girls showing that rock climbing is an unique sport when it comes to gender equality. In bouldering the male teenagers are still ahead but among the teenagers born 2000 and later Ashima Shiraishi is #1. And for the non-teenagers, Oriane Bertone is also at the very top. Girl power!

Margo Hayes (19) preliezla cestu La Rambla 9a+ ako prvรก ลพena na svete!
Margo Hayes sa stala prvou ลพenou, ฤo pokorila hranicu 9a+ prelezom slรกvnej cesty La Rambla 9a+ v ลกpanielskej Siurane. Tรกto devรคtnรกsลฅroฤnรก ameriฤanka mรก na konte uลพ jedno 9a a minulรฝ rok vyhrala Majstrostvรก sveta juniorov v obtiaลพnosti, boulderingu a dominovala aj v kombinovanom hodnotenรญ. Foto (c) Matty Hong, ktorรฝ cestu preliezol krรกtko pred Margo. Greg Mionske celรฝ prelez natoฤil na video a hovorรญ, ลพe nacviฤovanie pred veฤพkรฝm prelezom Margo zabralo sedem dnรญ. V roku 2005 preliezla Josune Bereziartu Bibaluna 9a/+ a Ashima Shiraishi mรก na konte dve cesty, pri ktorรฝch sa tรกto obtiaลพnosลฅ spomรญna - Open Your Mind direct a Ciudad de Dios. Viac info ฤoskoro, no uลพ teraz je jasnรฉ, ลพe prelez Margo je veฤพkรฝ miฤพnรญkom v lezeckej histรณrii. Za zmienku stojรญ aj vรฝkon Laury Rogory (15), ktorรก preliezla svoje druhรฉ 9a Joe-Cita v Oliane. Tieto mladรฉ baby nastavujรบ novรบ latku a vรฝkonmi sa pribliลพujรบ chalanom. Viac informรกcii o ceste La Rambla a komentรกr Mattyho Honga nรกjdeลก v ฤlรกnku niลพลกie.

Only one ascent per climber. Please give your opinion to update the draft list. 1. Ashima Shiraishi (13) 2015: Open Your Mind Direct 9a/+ 2. Margo Hayes (18) 2017: La Rambla 9a+ 3. Wolfgang Gรผllich 1991: Action Directe 9a 4. Adam Ondra (19) 2012: Change 9b+ 5. Josune Bereziartu 2002: Bain de Sang 9a 6. Alex Megos 2013: OS Estado Critico 9a 7. Chris Sharma 2006: DWS Es Pontas 9b 8. Alex Huber 1996: Open Air 9a+ 9. Charlotte Durif 2010: OS Le roi du pรฉtrole 8c, 10. Ben Moon 1990: Hubble 8c+ (9a) or 8B+