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Mushroom Pads reports that Iban Larrion has repeated the 8C traverse, Misti in Fontainebleau, and compared it to an 8A+ boulder. Over the years, ascents of Misti have created many headlines in media and the first one to reveal the bluff like in the Emperor's New Clothing was Markus Bock's: he compared it to an 8A boulder. Iban also thinks the Emperor is naked by calling it 8A+. For many years 8a has been saying that traverse grading is illogical as it is impossible to draw a line. Both Misti and Gioia 8C (+) are diagonal boulders but they use different grading scales. It is totally wrong for the media to create headlines for Misti as it is nowhere near as hard as Gioia. Instead it is probably an 8A+ at the most.

Loic Zehani, who previously has done three 9a's, has done the FA of Concerto in Orgon, video. In the 8a ranking game, the 15-year-old is #10. "The route was bolted by Alexandre Serres and Olivier Bert. It is 40 moves without any rest. The first part is kind of a traverse with a lot of little pinches and a lot of feet moving. It is the nicest part and after you go straight."

9a+ by Jakob Schubert in Oliana
Jakob Schubert reports on Facebook that he has repeated Chris Sharma's Pachamama 9a+ in Oliana just a few days after he did Joe Mama 9a. "Still felt pretty tired this morning from the New Year's party we had in Barcelona but at 3pm I decided to do my first actual sending try and got surprised." (c) Elias Holzknecht Since 2010, the worst overall Lead WC result for the Austrian has been #3 and at the same time he has done about 20 routes graded 9a and harder. Combining rock and competitions, he must therefore be considered the #1 lead climber of this decade together with Adam Ondra.

Videรก sรบ super, ale mรดลพu vytvรกraลฅ robotov
Nรกjsลฅ novรฝ spรดsob, ako preliezลฅ boulder ฤi ลฅaลพkรบ pasรกลพ v ceste je jednรฝm z รบลพasnรฝch momentov v lezenรญ, o to viac, keฤ sa jednรก o prvovรฝstup. Niekedy je to skรดr ako tombola, ฤlovek jednoducho skรบลกa vลกetky kroky a pozรญcie, aลพ dokรฝm neprรญde tรก chvรญฤพa, keฤ to vลกetko do seba zapadne. Niekedy mรดลพe dokonca urobenie vลกetkรฝch krokov v ceste byลฅ rovnako cennรฉ ako prelez samotnรฝ. Videรก sรบ dobrรฝm spรดsobom, ako urรฝchliลฅ proces prelezu, zvlรกลกลฅ pri boulderingu, v ktorom je pouลพitie sily a zapojenie svalov kฤพรบฤovรฉ. Prelez presne podฤพa videa mรก vลกak blรญzko k "robotickรฉmu opakovaniu", kedy lezec robรญ kroky presne podฤพa nรกvodu, i keฤ sรบ moลพno nelogickรฉ a ลฅaลพลกie. Bez videa by musel vyskรบลกaลฅ viacero metรณd a po niekoฤพkรฝch nรกvลกtevรกch by sa postupne zlepลกoval vo vลกetkรฝch - hฤพadal by si vlastnรฝ spรดsob. Pri kopรญrovanรญ softvรฉru presne podฤพa videa je tu ฤalลกรญ risk, a to redukovanie celรฉho procesu lezenia na opakovanie urฤitรฝch pohybov a strata poteลกenia z projektovania, Autor: Jens Larssen

Oriane Bertone (11) - 8B v Rocklands
Jedenรกsลฅroฤnรก Oriane Bertone, ktorรก mรก na konte uลพ jedenรกsลฅ bouldrov 8A, preliezla Fragile Steps 8B v juhoafrickom Rocklands. Na konci tohto pรคลฅmetrovรฉho, poriadne previsnutรฉho bouldra Oriane konฤila s dvoma pรคtami vysoko nad hlavou. Jej prelez je o to hodnotnejลกรญ, ลพe boulder liezla poฤas piatich horรบcich nรกvลกtev, priฤom pri tej poslednej, najchladnejลกej nรกลกtee bola teplota "mrazivรฝch" 25 stupลˆov. Hold, juhoafrickรฉ leto. Video spolu s prelezom ฤalลกieho 8A.

8B by Oriane Bertone (11) in Rocklands
Oriane Bertone, who has done eleven 8A's previously, has done Fragile Steps 8B in Rocklands. On the five meter long very steep problem, the 11-year-old finishes of with two heel hooks high above her head. To make it even more impressive, Oriane did it in just five hot sessions, the last out of which was the coldest with "just" 25 degrees. Video including also an 8A.

Practice and Ethics in Climbing - Traffic Light system
In sport climbing, compared to most other sports, there are few written rules and rare use of referees. Instead, the climbing community creates and circulates their own Practice & Ethics. Beginners sometimes struggle to understand what "normal" behaviour is, what is allowed and what not. Over time, the general procedure has been modified and in different subcultures different ethics apply. Here is what 8a thinks about Practice and Ethics in Climbing.

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Zauลพรญvanรฉ spรดsoby a etika v lezenรญ - Systรฉm semafรณru
V porovnanรญ s inรฝmi ลกportami je v ลกportovom lezenรญ len mรกlo spรญsanรฝch pravidiel a rozhodcovia sa pouลพรญvajรบ len pri oficiรกlnych sรบลฅaลพiach na umelรฝch stenรกch. Namiesto toho si lezeckรก komunita sama vytvรกra pravidlรก sprรกvania sa a etiku. Zaฤiatoฤnรญci vลกak ฤasto nevedia, ako sa majรบ "normรกlne" sprรกvaลฅ, ฤo sa smie a ฤo nie je dovolenรฉ. Postupom ฤasu sa pravidlรก vyvรญjali a v rรดznych krajinรกch a sub-kultรบrach sa vyvinuli rozliฤnรฉ spรดsoby sprรกvania sa pri lezenรญ. Tu je ฤo si 8a myslรญ o lezeckej etike. Autor: Jens Larssen

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