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La Sportiva Climb v ลกesลฅdesiatich halรกch odลกtartoval v Moskve
Kaลพdoroฤnรก Climb-In-Gym Tour odลกtartovala toho roku v Moskve a bude trvaลฅ do 25.4. Tรญm La Sportiva navลกtรญvi dokopy 60 lezeckรฝch hรกl v trinรกstich eurรณpskych krajinรกch.

Stefano Ghisolfi sa dostรกva najฤalej v The Projecte
Stefano Ghisolfi na svoje narodeniny doliezol zatiaฤพ najฤalej v brutรกlnej ceste The Project v ล tokholmskej hale Klatterncentret a dรก sa povedaลฅ, ลพe v sรบลฅaลพnej hre dominuje. Keฤลพe cesta zaฤรญna pomerne jednoduchรฝmi sekvenciami a postupne graduje, nevideli sme prรญliลก veฤพa bojovnosti a akcie, na ktorรบ sme zvyknutรญ z ciest Svetovรฉho pohรกra, ktorรฉ sรบ vรคฤลกinou ลฅaลพkรฉ od zaฤiatku. Limitovanรฝ ฤas na oddych a zhorลกenรฉ podmienky, ktorรฉ pravdepodobne spรดsobil nรกval ฤพudรญ v hale, vฤaka ฤomu sa priestor zahrial, mali za nรกsledok, ลพe Stefanov druhรฝ pokus bol horลกรญ. Ten lezec, ktorรฝ na konci roku dolezie najฤalej dostane odmenu 1000โ‚ฌ a ten, ktorรฝ cestu vylezie celรบ zรญska 5000โ‚ฌ. To sa vลกak zatiaฤพ zdรก nemoลพnรฉ, aj napriek tomu, ลพe Adam Ondra si cestu prรญde na jar vyskรบลกaลฅ.

Na zรกklade podnetu Francรบzskej Horolezeckej Federรกcie znรญลพila IFSC v minulosti maximรกlny ฤas, ktorรฝ mohol lezec strรกviลฅ v ceste na obtiaลพnosลฅ poฤas semifinรกle a finรกle z osem na ลกesลฅ minรบt. Zaujรญmavosลฅou je, ลพe eลกte desaลฅ rokov dozadu mohli lezci v ceste strรกviลฅ 15 minรบลฅ. Za tรบto dobu 8a.nu niekoฤพkokrรกt navrhovalo stanoviลฅ maximรกlny ฤas na ลกesลฅ minรบt a takisto ustanoviลฅ, ลพe ฤas by mal rozhodovaลฅ v prรญpadne nerozhodnรฉho skรณre, ฤo sa v poslednรฝch rokoch aj deje. Teraz IFSC znรญลพila aj ฤas, ktorรฝ mรดลพu na stene strรกviลฅ bouldristi - z 4+ minรบt na ฤistรฉ ลกtyri minรบty. Poslednรฝ rok mohli finalisti eลกte nastรบpiลฅ v poslednej sekundu a potom si priamo v bouldri oddychnรบลฅ, ak na to bol priestor. Toho roku vลกak budรบ musieลฅ svoj poslednรฝ pokus naฤasovaลฅ na cca 3.30, aby stihli boulder doliezลฅ pred koncom ฤasomiery. Takรฝto formรกt by mohol finรกlovรฉ pokusy spraviลฅ atraktรญvnejลกie pre divรกkov. Je ale dosลฅ moลพnรฉ, ลพe vรฝsledky niektorรฝch pretekรกrov sa vฤaka takรฉmuto ฤasovรฉmu obmedzeniu zhorลกia. ฤŽalลกou zmenou bude menลกie mnoลพstvo ฤasu na oddych medzi pokusmi aj medzi bouldrami, ฤo z pretekov spravรญ vรคฤลกiu vytrvalostnรบ vรฝzvu.

According to the French Mountaineering Federation, IFSC has reduced the maximum climbing time in the semis and finals in Lead competitios in 2017 from eight to six minutes. Interesting is that 10 years ago climbers were allowed to spend 15 minutes up on the route. Since then 8a has several times suggested that six minutes should be the maximum and also that time should decide on ties, which has been the case for some years now. IFSC has also reduced the time in bouldering finals to four minutes instead of 4+ minutes. Last year, the finalists were allowed to start the last attempt at 3.59, resting as much as possible. In 2017, they will have to start about 3.30 in order to top out before the bell. In practice, this might make the final attempt more exciting for the spectators. Most probably, some guys will fail due to the new time constraint. Furthermore, it will make the final more of an endurance challenge as the boulders will have to rest less in between attempts and also in between boulders.

15 Boulders 7C to 8B in six days by Moritz Perwitzschky (17)
Moritz Perwitzschky is in the flow, which he proved doing 15 boulders graded 7C and harder during the last six days, including four 8A+'s and one 8B. To make his recent performance even more impressive, he has done 31 boulders 8A and harder only in 2017. One of his tricks to keep warm. New video. "For keeping our Fingers warm we heat up some stones to put them in the calkbag which works quite well." (c) Hannes Pablitschko

8c+ by Adam Ondra - OS or RP?
Adam Ondra has done Politicamente Corruptos 8c+ in Margalef, which he has recorded as a redpoint, commenting, "Just did the other 8c+ seven years ago which share the same start (more or less 7c+)...so going ethically into the detail, hard to say if it is actually an onsight." The photo by Henning Wang is from Neanderthal 9b, which is Adam's current project. Basing on the 8a Practice & Ethics we think this is just OK to call it an onsight and many would do. It is impossible to use a black or white onsight definition as climbers often get some onsight beta hanging out at the crag and sometimes even belaying a friend. Thus, onsight is often in the grey zone. Let us say that the shared start was just a 6a climb - then everyone would agree on Adam's onsight. This is 8a's green light for onsight. Do you agree? "When the shared part of the climb is more than a full grade lower, i.e. two 7c+ routes have the same 6c start."

400 registrovanรฝch na Melloblocco v priebehu 48 hodรญn
Melloblocco je uลพ niekoฤพko rokov najvรคฤลกรญm lezeckรฝm festivalom na svete. Tento rok sa bude konaลฅ 11.-14. mรกja a uลพ dva dni po zverejnenรญ registrรกcie sa naลˆ prihlรกsilo viac ako 400 pretekรกrov!