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Matty Hong preliezol La Rambla 9a+
Matty Hong zverejnil na svojom Instagrame parรกdnu sprรกvu. (c) Greg Mionske "La Rambla je prelezenรก, pre mลˆa druhรก cesta v tejto obtiaลพnosti (9a+ alebo 5.15a). Tentokrรกt vลกak ฤรญslo nebolo dรดleลพitรฉ. Lezenie zostรกva mรคtรบcou vรฝzvou, ktorรก sa menรญ s kaลพdou novou cestou. Uลพ som musel rovnako zabraลฅ v cestรกch, ktorรฉ mali niลพลกiu obtiaลพnosลฅ. Spokojnosลฅ v tomto ลกporte vลกak neprichรกdza z ฤรญsel, ale z pocitu, keฤ ฤlovek dokonฤรญ nieฤo, pre ฤo musel tvrdo makaลฅ. Som zo svojho lezenia ลกลฅastnรฝ a to je dรดvodom na spokojnosลฅ. Bolo super cestu nacviฤovaลฅ spoloฤne s @jon_cardwell a @margojain, ktorรญ snรกฤ na prelezovรบ vlnu naskoฤia ฤoskoro. La Ramblu po prvรฝ raz preliezol Alex Huber v roku 1994 a ohodnotil ju ako 8c+. V roku 2004 spravil Ramon Julian Puigblanue predฤบลพenie za 9a+, keฤ odtraverzoval do vedฤพajลกej cesty. Postupne vลกak ฤalลกรญ lezci naลกli jednoduchลกiu sekvenciu a s minimรกlne tuctom prelezov je La Rambla jednou z najlezenejลกรญch ciest obtiaลพnosti 9a+ na svete.

Kaลพdรฉmu lezcovi prinรกleลพรญ jeden prelez. K zoznamu sa mรดลพeลก vyjadriลฅ v komentรกroch. 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+

8c+ by Loic Zehani (15)
26 February 2017

8c+ by Loic Zehani (15)

Loic Zehani, who has done three 9a FAs, has done his seventh 8c+, L'intรฉgrale du playboy in Lourmain. The 45 metre long route has a 9a+ left variation put up by Seb Bouin. "The day after my send of the 8c+ I tried the 9a+ and I am ok on the moves but I failed on the dyno. Next year maybe (when I will be stronger and taller). For the 8c+ It took me 6 days of trying (2 tries in a day), during the winter holidays. To my knowledge the first ascent of the 8c+ was done by Gรฉrome Pouvreau. It's a very very nice route and thanks Jibรฉ Tribout to have bolted that piece of rock and thanks all the other bolters."

With the increasing media focus to promote and spread structured training, it is interesting to know that most of the best boulderers in the world do not train in a structured way. It seems that in bouldering it is good enough to just be fanatic driven by challenges. All Top-5 in the 8a ranking game for both male and female, and other top guys like Graham, Woods, Hukkataival and Robinson, do not follow a strict structured program. At the same time, nowadays many of the best rock climbers and almost all competition climbers follow a training regime. The number one reason for this is of course that when it comes to combining power and endurance, it has been proven that some kind of periodization is often better. On the other hand, boulder power training is often best executed when going for projects simply just because you are more motivated to try harder. Some guys are obviously most motivated by following a structured training system and probably even for the boulderers, this is good once in a while. But do not think this is the only way forward just because of the megaphone message from coaches and the media.

Second 9a by Laura Rogora (15)
Laura Rogora has done Joe-Cita 9a in Oliana, with which the 15-year-old extends her lead in the 8a ranking game. More info to come! Javi Pec

A tegnapi nap "Margojรกra": La Rambla 9a+ Margo Hayestล‘l
A poszt ami mellett nem mehet el a mรกszรณvilรกg รฉs ami sokakban felkorbรกcsolta az รกllรณvizet, avagy elgondolkodtat รฉs tiszteletet รฉbreszt. Margo Hayes lett az elsล‘ 9a+ -ra fokozott รบt nล‘i megmรกszรณja. Semmi slash grade (osztott fokozat), semmi kitรถrt fogรกs-vita. A spanyolorszรกgi La Rambla 9a+ kente le a gyรถnyรถrลฑ รฉs bรกjos 18 รฉves fiatalsรกg. A csajszi tavaly mรกszta elsล‘ 9a-jรกt (megjegyzem csendesen Farkas Tamรกs szerint ez az a fokozat amit egy hobbimรกszรณ elรฉrhet), most pedig egyel nล‘tt a tรฉt! A szintรฉn Amerikai Matty Hong is lecsลฑrte egy nappal korรกbban az utat, Greg Mionske pedig, aki a fotรณblogjรกrรณl รฉs videรณirรณl is hรญres - arrรณl szรกmolt be, hogy Margonak 7 nap projektelรฉs kellett a nagy menet elล‘tt. Eszmรฉletlen hol tart a sport... szegรฉny Dani Andrada biztos รกlmatlan รฉjszakรกkkal szenved... ล‘ rรฉgebb รณta projekteli a Rambla-t mint ahรกny รฉves az amcsi leรกnyzรณ. Persze a nagy posztolรกsok รฉs vรฉgtelen megosztรกsok utรกn, szรกmos szรกjkarate is kialakult arrรณl, mi ez a fokozat, ez-e az elsล‘ nล‘i 9a+ รฉs a tรถbbi... A mรบlt homรกlyรกba vรฉsz, hogy 2005-ben Josune Bereziartu megmรกszta a Bibaluna nevลฑ utat Franciaorszรกgban, amit kรฉsล‘bb slash grade-re รฉrtรฉkeltek 9a/+ -kรฉnt, illetve ott vannak mรฉg az Ashima รกltal mรกszott 9a/+ -os utak, plรกne, hogy az Open Your Mind Direct fogรกskitรถrรฉssel lett ismรฉtelve amit mรกr rรฉgebben is Ramon Julian 9a+ra voksolt, de az รถreg Mateusz (Halaggyรกl!) รฉs Jakob Schubert kรฉsล‘bb inkรกbb a nehรฉz 9a tartomรกnyรกba erล‘sรญtett be. Hogy az ezutรกni fogรกskitรถrรฉs mit nehezรญtett, azt csak az idล‘ fogja megmondani - de kรถnnyen lehet hogy nem Margรณรฉ az ikonikus cรญm elnyerรฉse. Pusztรกn ez egy hatalmas teljesรญtmรฉny รฉs gyรถnyรถrลฑ dolog, ami kicsit megszaladt az Instรกn. De tรฉny ami tรฉny, a La Rambla-t megmรกszni nem akรกrmilyen รกttรถrรฉs. Hรถlgy elรฉrzรฉkenyรผlรฉse az Instagramrรณl: Teljesen el vagyok รกrasztva az รผzenetekkel รฉs alรกzatosan fejet hajtok az elล‘tt a tรกmogatรกs elล‘tt amit a mรกszรณtรกrsadalomtรณl, csalรกdomtรณl, kรถzeli รฉs tรกvoli barรกtoktรณl kaptam. Egyikรผnk sem รฉrheti el az รกlmait egyedรผl, egyรผtt รฉpรญtjรผk azokat รฉs azok is akik elล‘ttรผnk jรกrtak. Nem csak egy, a hรกtteret รฉs kรผlรถnbsรฉgeket figyelmen kรญvรผl hagyva egymรกst segรญtล‘ kรถzรถssรฉg vagyunk, hanem egy olyan ami felismeri a bolygรณnk megรณvรกsรกnak fontossรกgรกt. Mรบlt hรฉtvรฉgรฉn volt egy pillanatkรฉp, arrรณl milyen lehet a vilรกgunk, a kรผlรถnbรถzล‘ nemzetek mรกszรณi a Siurana-i szektorban mind egyek voltak, egy egymรกst tรกmogatรณ kรถzรถssรฉg, aki egy nyelvet beszรฉl รฉs bรฉkรฉben...

Druhรฉ 9a pre Lauru Rogoru (15)
Laura Rogora preliezla Joe-Cita 9a v Oliane a zvรฝลกila si tak nรกskok v rebrรญฤku 8a. Viac info ฤoskoro! Javi Pec

La Rambla 9a+ by Matty Hong
Matty Hong comes with great news on Instagram. (c) Greg Mionske "'La Rambla' is complete, my second route of the grade (9a+ or 5.15a). However this time the number wasn't as important for me. Climbing remains to be a confusing challenge that is different with every climb. I've pushed myself equally as hard on routes of a lesser grade. The satisfaction of this sport does not come in numbers but in the moment when you accomplish something you had to work hard for. I'm happy with my climbing and that's where the pleasure comes from. Good times working this route with @jon_cardwell and @margojain who will hop on the train shortly." La Rambla was first done by Alex Huber in 1994 as an 8c+. In 2004, Ramon Julian Puigblanque made a 9a+ extension by traversing into the neighboring route. Later on, the repeaters found an easier sequence and with at least a dozen ascents it is one of the most repeated 9a+'s in the world.

La Rambla 9a+ by Margo Hayes (18)
Margo Hayes has become the first female to have conquered the 9a+ grade by doing La Rambla in Siurana today. The 18-year-old has previously done one 9a and last year she won the Youth World Championship in Lead, Boulder and Combined. (c) Matty Hong, who also did the route today. Greg Mionske, who got it on video, tells us it took Margo seven days to get prepared for the big send. In 2005, Josune Bereziartu did Bibaluna graded 9a/+. Also Ashima Shiraishi has done two routes where 9a/+ has been mentioned, Open Your Mind Direct and Ciudad de Dios. More info to come but clearly, Margo's ascent is one of the most ground breaking ones in the history of sport climbing. It is also noteworthy that in the same area, Laura Rogora (15) did her second 9a today, Joe-Cita in Oliana. These youngsters are about to set new standards. They are getting closer to what male teenagers are able to do. See the news below and further below for more info on La Rambla posted in the article about Matty Hong.

Mรกsodik 9a Laurรกtรณl (15)
Laura Rogora lekรผldte a Joe-Cita 9a-t Olianรกn, amivel 10. a 8a vilรกgranglistรกjรกn - nล‘k kรถzรถtt pedig termรฉszetesen vezeti. Azรฉrt elรฉg durva belegondolni, hogy egy 15 รฉves lรกny befรฉr az รฉlsportolรณ nล‘k รฉs fรฉrfiak vilรกgรกba. De kรฉsล‘bb bล‘vebben! Javi Pec