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9a+ by Jakob Schubert in Oliana
Jakob Schubert, one of the very best competition climbers of the last five years, reports on Instagram that he has done Joe Mama 9a+ in Oliana. In November he fell on the last move but this trip he just warmed up once and did it on his second try. (c) Elias Holzknecht "I have been doing only bouldering and power training in december and was a little worried about my endurance but once again I saw how much such training even helps on endurance monsters."

Cรฉsar Quero (37) preliezol svoje prvรฉ 8C
Djdieifjrj Djdueirur zaฤal liezลฅ vo svojich 27 rokoch a teraz, o desaลฅ rokov neskรดr, preliezol svoje prvรฉ 8C Soyuz Low v oblasti Zarzalejo. Jeho vรฝkon je o to hodnotnejลกรญ, ลพe ลกpeciรกlne netrรฉnuje a lezie len pรกrkrรกt do tรฝลพdลˆa. "Podฤพa mลˆa je kฤพรบฤovรก motivรกcia. Ja neoฤakรกvam ลพiadne vรฝsledky, len si uลพรญvam kaลพdรฝ boulder. Nebรกลฅ sa neรบspechu je najlepลกou metรณdou ako uspieลฅ. Veฤพmi netrรฉnujem, z prรกce nie som veฤพmi unavenรฝ, sem-tam zรกjdem do haly spraviลฅ nejakรฉ visy alebo vymyslieลฅ ลฅaลพkรฉ bouldre, ktorรฉ sa potom snaลพรญm preliezลฅ, no to sa mi mรกlokedy podarรญ."

8c+ by Jorge Diaz-Rullo (17)
Jorge Diaz-Rullo has done Palestina 8c+ (9a) in Cuenca, which is the second route of the grade for the 17-year-old. "What a Christmas gift! Today I was able to send Palestina, turning into my hardest redpoint to date. Six days and eleven tries, where I really was mindset struggled, feeling keen and psyched looking the route so close and far at the same time. But what I really enjoyed was this process until I did it."

Great potential in Serra da Leba - Angola
Serra da Leba is a mountain range located in the southern part of Angola, some 100 km west of Lubango. The road drops about 1 500 meters in amazing zig-zag turns, sourrounded by nearly untouched rock of great quality. Some 25 years ago I spent some months here and once I rappelled down and climbed 20 meters. At that time I was just a 6b climber but I remember the quality and the endless potential just by the road side. Serra da Leba might be one of the last great untouched and easily accessible climbing destinations in the world.

รšลพasnรฝ potenciรกl v Serra da Leba - Angola
Serra da Leba je pohorie v juลพnej ฤasti Angoly, cca 100km zรกpadne od Lubanga, hlavnรฉho mesta provincie Huรญla. V tรฝchto konฤinรกch, kde cesta cik-cakovito klesรก aลพ 1.5km sa popri nej nachรกdzajรบ รบtesy nedotknutej skaly dobrej kvality. Hlavnรฝ redaktor 8a.nu, Jens Larssen, tu pred cca 25 rokmi strรกvil niekoฤพko mesiacov a po zlanenรญ odskรบลกal zopรกr metrov naliezลฅ. Napriek tomu, ลพe vtedy liezol len okolo 6b, kvalita skaly a potenciรกl, ktorรฝ bol len v okolรญ cesty, ho podฤพa jeho slov ohromili. Serra da Leba by mohla dokonca byลฅ jednou z poslednรฝch nevyuลพitรฝch a ฤพahko dostupnรฝch oblastรญ na svete.

8c OS by Patxi Usobiaga
25 December 2016

8c OS by Patxi Usobiaga

Patxi Usobiaga reports on Facebook that he has onsighted Fish Eye 8c in Oliana. Patxi is one of the most accomplished climbers in history, with the first 8c+ onsight and victories in both overall world cup and world championships. "So happy to have on sighted Fish Eye 8c , after almost 7 years I got it!"

8C 2nd day by Martin Strรกnรญk
Martin Strรกnรญk has done a quick two day ascent of Chris Sharma's Catalรกn Witness the Fitness 8C in Cova de ocell. "Yees, was it a long project in my head, made a quick trip here and did it in two days! Am I super fit right now or is it super easy? Totally my style, but really not hardest problem of this the year, happy Christmas!" In the first World Cup his year, the 26-year-old was #2 and overall he finished #7. In 2007, the Czech was the runner up in the World Championship being just 17 years old.

ล peciรกlne trรฉningovรฉ tรฝลพdne s Adamom Ondrom, Patxi Usobiagom a Hazel Findlay
Rockbusters pozรฝvajรบ na exkluzรญvne trรฉningovรฉ sรบstredenie v ลกpanielskych oblastiach Siurana a Margalef, kde tvojimi trรฉnermi budรบ Patxi Usobiaga, Adam Ondra a lezeckรฝ fyzioterapeut Pablo Scorza. Prvรฉ dva dni budรบ v Patxiho rรฉลพii, kedy bude predstavovaลฅ svoju PUC trรฉningovรบ metรณdu, zamieria sa na silovรบ prรญpravu v hale a zanalyzuje tvoje silnรฉ a slabรฉ lezeckรฉ stรกnky. Nasledujรบce dva dni Adam, za pouลพitia prezentรกciรญ a aj priamo na skalรกch predstavรญ teรณriu a prax lezenia na On Sight a nacviฤovania ciest, priฤom budeลก maลฅ moลพnosลฅ otestovaลฅ svoje limity, pozrieลฅ si svoje pokusy na videu a poradiลฅ sa priamo s Adamom o prรญpadnom zlepลกenรญ. Poslednรฉ dni sรบstredenia sa budรบ niesลฅ v duchu prevencie zranenรญ a funkฤnej biomechaniky - teda zlepลกenia koordinรกcie, flexibility, ale aj sily a vytrvalosti z hฤพadiska fyziolรณgie. "ฤŒo oฤakรกvaลฅ? Veฤพa lezenia so zameranรญm na stratรฉgiu a spรดsob, akรฝm sa ฤlovek stavia v lezeniu. A akรฝ je cieฤพ? Preliezลฅ na prvรฝ raz cestu, ktorรก je nad tvojim zvyฤajnรฝm levelom. Okrem mnoลพstva teoretickej aj praktickej prรญpravy s Adamom, Patxim a Pablom zaลพijeลก aj kopu tradiฤnej zรกbavy s Rockbusters!" Sรบstredenie sa zaฤรญna 11. marca, trvรก jeden tรฝลพdeลˆ a stojรญ 1590โ‚ฌ. V cene je preprava, ubytovanie, lezeckรฝ materiรกl a vลกetok ฤas s trรฉnermi a inลกtruktormi. Tรฝลพdeลˆ predtรฝm Rockbusters organizujรบ podobnรฉ sรบstredenie zameranรฉ na mentรกlny trรฉning, teda ako zvlรกdaลฅ stres pred a poฤas lezenia a pripraviลฅ hlavu na prelezy, s Hazel Findlay.

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Hopefully this year has been full of good climbing and successful trips to beautiful crags and we wish you strong motivation into completing new challenges in 2017. The traffic on 8a has increased by 20% last year and more than 5000 new members have registered on the website. There are now approximately 64 000 members who have recorded over 4 million ascents into their Tick Lists, including some of the best climbs and climbers in the world. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

8A (+) flash by Alex Puccio
Alex Puccio has flashed Rhino in Hueco Tanks giving it a personal 8A grade. During the last month, the runner up in the World Championships 2014 has done eight 8A to 8B Boulders. The amazing story is that she had spinal surgery in June and she was not allowed to do anything with her arms for almost three months. Photo (c) Joel Zerr - Alex doing Terre de Sienne 8B last week.