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Hlasuj za Marcina Dzieล„skeho na pozรญciu ลกportovca roku 2016 pre IWGA
The World Games predstavili pรคtnรกstich kandidรกtov na IWGA cenu pre ลกportovca roku 2016 a Marcin Dzieล„ski ako jedinรฝ reprezentuje lezeckรบ komunitu. Minulรฝ rok sa tomuto chalanovi z Poฤพska podarilo vyhraลฅ svetovรฝ pohรกr aj majstrovstvรก sveta v lezenรญ na rรฝchlosลฅ. Krรกtke interview pre 8a.

One more 9a by Ruben Firnenburg (19) in Santa Linya
Ruben Firnenburg has finished his long term 9a project in Santa Linya, Seleccio natural. Nice projecting video from April by Henning Wang, who also took the picture. "When I got back on Seleccio my expectations were still pretty low but once I made it through the hardest crux in the middle I knew it's on. Sealing the deal on the last big move (same move as Analogica) was a very big relief! This route is certainly the hardest route I've done so far and climbing two 9a's in only four days is the best gift I could have ever made myself before 2017. Speaking of 2017 I am looking forward to go to USA for a boulder trip at the end of January. For the upcoming winter training I will include more bouldering on rock and therefore start off in Norway in a couple of days. Psyche is very high! Talking about competitions the idea is to do more boulder competitions and involve speed training as my brother David and I want to go for the Olympics in 2020. Now that I am out of Youth I can also focus more on the World Cup circuit."

Mind control grade confirmed at 8c
Mind Control in Oliana was put up as an 8c+ by Chris Sharma in 2009 and the high quality route quickly became one of the most repeated 8c+'s in the world, having also some female ascents and Adam Ondra's onsight, who was the first to call it "soft". In early 2012, Gabri Moroni did the route and commented, "Everybody knows it's only 8c...but nobody will ever downgrade it :-P" One year later, Reffo Silvo flashed it and recorded it as an 8c, "Stay a dream send a 8c+ flash...8c is the true". At the same time we started to report it as an 8c (+) and there were some complaints about this meanwhile others sent e-mails confirming what we said but did not want to record it as 8c since they did not want to upset their friends and celebrities. Of the last seven ascents recorded on 8a, all have marked it as an 8c so it is time to drop the 8c (+) grade and call it an 8c. In fact, other media still have created 8c+ headlines for it several times over the last years. It should also be noted that of course it might have been an 8c+ when Sharma put it up in 2009 as some holds might have been broken. Some 15 years ago, 8a was first out to questioning hard core boulder grades mainly in Ticino, in order to present as correct news (gradewise) as possible. Later this was confirmed and the same story has also happened regarding several other crags. The easy way to track grades that are too soft is just to check the percentage personal best that appear in an area, aka Time Comparison Grading, see the picture. Mind control as an 8c+ would mean that in fact most who did it actually made a personal 8c+ best based on grade or invested time. This grading theory article was presented in 2002.

Austria World Championship 2017 (youth) and 2018 on it's way
"We're looking forward to organize the 2017 IFSC Youth World Championships and the Innsbruck2018 IFSC World Championships here in Innsbruck - Tyrol (Austria)".

A videรณk nagyszerลฑek, de gyakran robotokat csinรกlnak
รšj megoldรกsokat talรกlni a kunsztra egyike a legnagyszerลฑbb dolgoknak a mรกszรกsban, kรผlรถnรถsen รบj utak nyitรกsa esetรฉn. Nรฉha olyan ez mint egy tombola, egyszerลฑen csak prรณbรกlgatod a fogรกsokat รฉs pozรญciรณkat โ€“ mรญg nem egyszer csak beakad a tuti. Akรกr azt is mondhatnรกnk nรฉha a siker, hogy meg tudtuk csinรกlni az รถsszes mozdulatot ugyanolyan รฉdes jutalom โ€“ mint egy megmรกszรกs. A videรณk dรถbbenetesek รฉs jelentล‘sen felgyorsรญtjรกk a fejlล‘dรฉsรผnket a mรกszรกsban, kรผlรถnรถsen az izmozรณs boulderek esetรฉn. Ugyanakkor bรฉtรกt talรกlni egy videรณban รฉs aztรกn lemรกsolni, mint egy robot teljesen รฉrtelmetlen รฉs hosszรบtรกvon a szikla olvasรกs-รฉrtรฉsรฉnek rovรกsรกra mehet. Videรณ nรฉlkรผl valรณszรญnลฑleg meg kellene prรณbรกlnunk az รถsszes lehetsรฉges bรฉtรกt รฉs nรฉhรกny kimenet utรกn kรผlรถnbรถzล‘ megoldรกsokat hasznรกlnรกnk, a prรณbรกk sorรกn erล‘sรถdnรฉnk โ€“ mรญg ki nem kristรกlyosodna az egyรฉnre szabott legtรถkรฉletesebb mozdulatsorozat. Persze egy jรณl ellesett megmรกszรณs bรฉta nagy ajรกndรฉk lehet flash mรกszรกsnรกl, de a megoldรกs lemรกsolรกsรกnak รกra van: elveszhet a projektelรฉssel jรกrรณ รถrรถm az egyszerลฑ โ€žrobotรผzemmรณdโ€ sorรกn. รgy hรกt ne vesszรผnk el a pixelek kรถzรถtt. : )

Seleccio Natural 9a also by Evan Hau
Evan Hau, who did his first 9a in 2013, has done Seleccio Natural 9a in Santa Linya. (c) Firnenburg brothers " Yes!! My second 9a! Feels good, I haven't climbed this grade since 2013 even though I feel much stronger than I was back then. After sampling this route last year I knew I had to come back to give it a solid try! One of the best climbs I have ever been on!"

Peter Macรบลก preliezol ล um svistu 11- v Manรญne
Peter Macรบลก uลพ mรก na svedomรญ viacero ลฅaลพkรฝch prelezov na Povaลพรญ a na zaฤiatku decembra pridal ฤalลกรญ - ล um svistu 11- (8c+). Cesta sa nachรกdza na Slneฤnรฝch stenรกch v Manรญnskej tiesลˆave, mรก 8 istenรญ na cca dvadsiatich metroch. Jej najลฅaลพลกou pasรกลพou je boulder v obtiaลพnosti 8A+ a Peter ho skรบลกal od jari minulรฉho roka. Okrem tejto cesty je takisto autorom najลฅaลพลกieho manรญnskeho prvovรฝstupu Mรคsiarov uฤeลˆ 11-/11 (8c+/9a) a postaral sa aj o prvรฉ opakovanie cesty Gekon 11- (8c+) z dielne Stana Klima. (c) Roman Ripka

8C/+ by Jonathan Flor
4 January 2017

8C/+ by Jonathan Flor

Jonathan Flor reports on Instagram that he has done Crisis 8C/+ near Crevillente, which was put up by Nacho Sรกnchez. The 20-year-old's second last Instagram post was from the Boulder WC in Munich, 20 weeks ago, when he made it to the semi. Previously, the Spaniard has done six 8c+ Routes and three 8B Boulders.

Mind control oficiรกlne potvrdenรก ako 8c
Mind control v Oliane bola navล•tanรก, prelezenรก a ohodnotenรก ako 8c+ Chrisom Sharmom a krรกtko nato sa z tejto kvalitnej cesty stalo jedno z najviac opakovanรฝch 8c+ na svete. Mรก aj niekoฤพko ลพenskรฝch prelezov a OS prelez od Adama Ondru, ktorรฝ ako prvรฝ cestu nazval "ฤพahkou v obtiaลพnosti". Gabri Moroni ju po preleze komentoval slovami: "Kaลพdy vie, ลพe je to len 8c... no nikto ju nezhodรญ :P Rok nato ju Silvio Reffo flashol a zapรญsal ako 8c. "Flashnรบลฅ 8c+ stรกle zostรกva pre mลˆa iba snom... Pravdou je, ลพe je to 8c." V tom istom ฤase sme Mind control zaฤali na 8a.nu pรญsaลฅ ako 8c (+), na ฤo sme dostรกvali sลฅaลพnosti, no zรกroveลˆ sa ozvali viacerรญ, ktorรญ s tรฝmto hodnotenรญm sรบhlasili, ale nechceli si cestu zapรญsaลฅ ako 8c, aby tak nesklamali svojich kamarรกtov ฤi nespochybลˆovali tรฝch z lezeckej ลกpiฤky, ktorรญ Mind control vyliezli. Z poslednรฝch siedmich prelezov zapรญsanรฝch do dennรญฤkov na 8a si cestu kaลพdรฝ zapรญsal ako 8c a tak je naฤase, aby sa vypustilo hodnotenie 8c (+) a Mind control bola povaลพovanรก za 8c. Niektorรฉ mรฉdia v poslednรฝch rokoch na titulkoch cestu stรกle oznaฤovali ako 8c+. Treba ale povedaลฅ, ลพe keฤ Chris Sharma cestu vytvoril, mohla byลฅ 8c+, keฤลพe sa niektorรฉ chyty mohli ulomiลฅ. Pred cca pรคtnรกstimi rokmi 8a.nu zaฤalo otvorene spochybลˆovaลฅ hodnotenie niektorรฝch ลฅaลพkรฝch bouldrov hlavne v Ticine, aby sme zaistili ฤo najpresnejลกie reportovanie obtiaลพnostรญ a prelezov. Neskรดr sa spomรญnanรฉ hodnotenia potvrdili, a to nielen v Ticine, ale aj v ฤalลกรญch oblastiach. Jednoduchรฝ spรดsob ako zistiลฅ, ฤi je cesta "jednoduchรก v obtiaลพnosti" je pozrieลฅ si akรฉ mรก percento dosiahnutia osobnรฉho maxima pre danรบ oblasลฅ, aka ฤŒasovรฉ porovnanie obtiaลพnosti (obrรกzok). Ak by bolo Mind control 8c+, pre vรคฤลกinu lezcov by prelezenie cesty znamenalo dosiahnutie osobnรฉho maxima na zรกklade predoลกlรฝch prelezov alebo ฤasu, ktorรฝ do cesty museli investovaลฅ. ฤŒlรกnok o ฤasovom porovnรกvanรญ obtiaลพnostรญ z roku 2002. Autor: Jens Larssen