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First Ley 9a+ by Stefano Ghosolfi
Stefano Ghisolfi has done his seventh 9a+, First Ley in Margalef, which shares the stat of his ultimate goal, First Round First Minute 9b. The Italian is #2 in the ranking game. (c) Paolo Sartori " I fell around 6 or 7 times at the last crux but today I finally sticked it and climbed easily until the chain. I just checked the last section of First Round and it is pretty hard, tomorrow I will try to link some moves."

8a news also in German
12 January 2017

8a news also in German

The 8a news is now available in Spanish, Italian, French, German, Swedish, Polish and Slovak. Just click on the flag in top right of the site and the big headline news will be presented in your language. You can also find the latest hard ascents from a total of 40 countries. If there is anybody who would like to help out as a new country specific editor, just send an email to [email protected].

8a takisto v nemฤine
Po nedรกvnom pridanรญ slovenskej verzie 8a je na svete aj nemeckรก verzia. 8a je teda dostupnรฉ v รดsmich jazykoch: angliฤtina, ลกpanielฤina, francรบzลกtina, talianฤina, nemฤina, ลกvรฉdฤina, poฤพลกtina a slovenฤina, a prelezy si pridรกvajรบ lezci zo ลกtyridsiatich krajรญn.

8B by Pietro Biagini (16) in Varazze
Pietro Biagini, who won one Euro Boulder Cup in 2015 and was #4* in the Combined World Championship 2016, has done his first 8B, Alphacentauri in Varazze. He also did Raptor 8B, skipping the elimination holds, and suggested a personal grade of 8A for this variation. In the 8a combined ranking game, the 16-year-old is #3 among the juniors. The photo is from Smeagol 7C. * In the original official results, Pietro was #3 and he also got his bronze standing on the podium in China. One week later, IFSC admitted that they had published the wrong calculation.

8b (a+) by Cathy Wagner (51) in two tries
Cathy Wagner has done La Kanabica in Rodellar in just two tries, suggesting a personal 8a+ grade. "One of my favourite routes in Rode! Like other climbers, I think there is some inconsistency in the grading... Classics like Florida (L1) or Gladiator are so much harder and much closer to 8b than la Kanabica." In total the 51-year-old has done 572 routes graded 8a and harder, out of which 49 up to 8b in 2016. Fanatic Climbing has helped with a translation of their interview. "I warm up less and less. I have not the patience to deal with and it's an error. My best flash routes have been done completely cold. The few warm up I do it's tai-chi movements, I started lessons since a year. It permits at the moment for me to keep moving my energy with softness and to focus about the moves of the route I'm trying when I'm at the ground."

Fontainebleau nem vรกlogat, รบgy lรกtszik egyszer az รฉletben mindenkinek meg kell inni a bleaui esล‘ levรฉt. Ezรบttal a fogรกsgyรกrtรกsrรณl รฉs hazai/kรผlfรถldi mรกszรณvideรณik minล‘sรฉgรฉrล‘l hรญres 7C+ csapatnak egy rรฉsze lรกtogatott el a francia erdล‘be. Az eredetileg tรถbb mint kรฉt hรฉtre tervezett szilveszteri trip sorรกn vรฉgรผl a kรถdรถs, pimpรณs, nedves รฉs lefagyott kimรกszรกsok mellett azรฉrt sikerรผlt a szรกrazabb napokon pรกr ikonikus tรถmb tetejรฉre kimรกszni - mรกr ha nem volt az รณnos esล‘ odafagyva... รgy esett el pรฉldรกul Nรกnditรณl a sokunk bakancslistรกjรกn szereplล‘ Control Technique 7C+. A tรถbbiek is mรกsztak e fokozat kรถrnyรฉkรฉn, de az igazi nehรฉz vadakhoz most az idล‘ sajnos nem volt kegyes.

8c+ harmadik prรณbรกra a 15 รฉves Laura Rogoratรณl
Laura Rogora megmรกszta a Joe Blau 8c+ -t Olianaban, Spanyolorszรกgban. A 15 รฉves leรกnyzรณ vezeti a csajok ranglistรกjรกt, รฉs az รถrรถk ranglistรกn is az elsล‘ hรกrom kรถzt szerepel. โ€žDobtam rรก egy prรณbรกt 4 nappal ezelล‘tt, de akkor azt gondoltam ez tรบl nehรฉz vรกlasztรกs, mert mรกr csak kรฉt mรกszรณnap volt hรกtra a trip vรฉgรฉig. Tegnapelล‘tt a pihinap utรกn visszatรฉrtรผnk Oliana-ba, ahol meg akartam prรณbรกlni a Mind Control-t, de tรบl sokan akartรกk mรกszni, รญgy esett a vรกlasztรกs a Joe Blau-ra ismรฉt. Ekkor รฉrtettem meg a mozdulatokat รฉs toltam egy igen jรณ prรณbรกt. Az utolsรณ mozdulatbรณl estem ki, mert ekkor mรกr vรฉr folyt az ujjaimon. Ma fรกradtnak รฉreztem magam รฉs a bล‘rรถm is totรกl kรฉsz volt, de ismรฉt belementem รฉs egy hosszรบ kรผzdรฉs utรกn vรฉgรผl elรฉrtem a standot.โ€ Laura 12 รฉvesen mรกszta elsล‘ 8a-รบtjรกt, รฉs kevesebb mint 3 รฉv kellett ahhoz, hogy 8a-rรณl 9a-ra ugorjon. Eddigi โ€žalkotรกsaiโ€ mรฉg a hรถlgyektล‘l igen ritka 8b+ flash รฉs tรถbb 8b OS is, de nyitott mรกr 8c+ utat รฉs ismรฉtelte a vilรกg elsล‘ 8c รบtjakรฉnt szรกmon tartott Gรผllich klasszikust; a Wallstreetet, Frankenjurabรณl. Az idei รฉv pedig bitangul indult. Kรฉt nap alatt kรฉt 8c utat zsebelt be (T1 Full Equip รฉs Fish Eye), ehhez csapta mรฉg hozzรก a Joe Blau-t. Azt gondolom ha รกtszikkad a kรถteles versenyzรฉsre is, mรฉltรณ ellenfele lesz Janjanak รฉs Ashimanak. Utรณbbi hรถlgy most รฉrte el azt a korhatรกrt, ami a Vilรกgkupรกkon valรณ rรฉszvรฉtelhez kell, รprilis vรฉgรฉn pedig az Olasz szรญneket kรฉpviselล‘ Laura is elรฉri a 16 รฉves kort โ€“ ami a streemelรฉsek minล‘sรฉgi fejlล‘dรฉsรฉt is beleรฉrtve szรกmunka azt jelentheti, a legizgalmasabbnak รญgรฉrkezล‘ nล‘i Dรถntล‘k jรถhetnek! Fล‘leg ha azt sem felejtjรผk el, hogy Jain Kim decemberben 8c flash-t รฉs 8c+ second go-t kรผldรถtt Yangshuo-ban. Szรณval a feministรกk elล‘nybenโ€ฆ kemรฉny lesz az idei vilรกgkupasorozat.

First 8C by world champion Alexey Rubtsov
Alexey Rubtsov, the World Champion 2009 and #3 in the World Cup 2016, has done his first 8C, From Dirt Grows The Flowers in Chironico. It has been a long time project for the Russian but interestingly he did it just over four attempts on this trip. "From the beginning of 2016 I don't work, so now, for the first time I consider myself professional. So I feel myself better now, and climb better! I will try to get a ticket to Olympics, but I still don't decide if I will change my training program to become overall climber or to stay just a boulderer, that might be enough! This year I will go on all Boulder World Cup stages, World Games, maybe will try to compete in Lead once.My nearest plans are to go to ABC nationals in USA and little bit rock climbing there. After again training, because soon will be first WC!"