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4 December 2016
Olympijskรฝ formรกt podฤพa 8a v troch krokoch
Viacerรฉ lezeckรฉ federรกcie, trรฉneri a top lezci podali alebo sa chystajรบ podaลฅ na IFSC svoje nรกvrhy, ako by mal vyzeraลฅ Kombinovanรฝ Olympijskรฝ formรกt. Niektorรฉ z tรฝchto nรกvrhov sa vลกak nebudรบ daลฅ uskutoฤniลฅ, keฤลพe IFSC uลพ mรก istรฉ zรกvรคzky voฤi Medzinรกrodnรฉho olympijskรฉmu vรฝboru (MOV). Sรบ to naprรญklad:
Jeden set medailรญ, ลพiadne novรฉ disciplรญny, zรบฤastniลฅ sa mรดลพu len tรญ najlepลกรญ lezci, รบฤasลฅ 20 muลพov a 20 ลพien, Obtiaลพnosลฅ/Boulder/Rรฝchlosลฅ, formรกtu bude jednoduchรฉ porozumieลฅ a vรญลฅazi budรบ vyhlรกsenรญ a zoradenรญ ako pri vลกetkรฝch ostatnรฝch ลกportoch na pรณdiu.
Tu je nรกvrh na zorganizovanie pretekov poฤas troch dnรญ, ktorรฉ sรบ na ne vyฤlenenรฉ, zahลลajรบci uลพ existujรบce zรกvodnรฉ formรกty IFSC. Tรฉma ako sa kvalifikovaลฅ poฤas troch krokov bude rozdiskutovanรก v neskorลกom prรญspevku.
Deล 1: Kvalifikรกcia Obtiaลพnosลฅ + Kvalifikรกcia Rรฝchlosลฅ
Deล 2: Kvalifikรกcia Boulder: Zoradenie Top-8 pretekรกrov v Kombinovanom formรกte
Deล 2: Finรกle Boulder
Deล 3: Finรกle Rรฝchlosลฅ + Finรกle Obtiaลพnosลฅ Zoradenie Top-4 pretekรกrov v Kombinovanom formรกte
Deล 3. Semifinรกle & Finรกle v ลกtรฝle Duel na 10 metrov dlhej 8a ceste
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02 December 2016
Lezeckรฝ ลพivotnรฝ ลกtรฝl verzus vรฝkonnostnรฝ trรฉning
Jednou z najvรคฤลกรญch zmien v lezeckej komunite poฤas poslednรฝch rokov bol nรกrast v poฤte lezcov, ktorรญ sa sรบstredia na vรฝkonnostnรฝ trรฉning. Moลพnรฝm ลกtartรฉrom tohto trendu bol Adam Ondra pred niekoฤพkรฝmi rokmi a teraz sa mu venuje naprรญklad aj Chris Sharma. O trรฉningu a spรดsoboch, ako posunรบลฅ svoje lezenie na vyลกลกรญ level sa dรก doฤรญtaลฅ skoro vลกade a nechaลฅ hodinky na mobile rozhodovaลฅ o tom, ako dlho ฤlovek lezie je nieฤo novรฉ tak pre dospelรฝch lezcov, ako aj vo svete detรญ.
S nรกrastom tohto trendu je vลกak dรดleลพitรฉ poznamenaลฅ, ลพe Adam Ondra aj Chris Sharma sa na takรฝto dostali z veฤพkej ฤasti prรกve kvรดli tomu, ลพe ลพijรบ pre lezenie. K lezeckรฉho ลกtรฝlu ลพivota potom zaradili aj vรฝkonnostnรฝ trรฉning.
Ak ale ฤlovek zaฤne priamo trรฉnovaลฅ pre vรฝkony, mรดลพe tรฝm riskovaลฅ zranenia a stratu motivรกcie, keฤ sa tempo zlepลกovania spomalรญ alebo nastane stagnรกcia. Pravdepodobne najlepลกรญm ลกtรฝlom je zaฤaลฅ tak ako Ondra alebo Sharma: liezลฅ niekoฤพko rokov, zlepลกovaลฅ sa aลพ dokรฝm neprรญde stagnรกcia a potom nasadiลฅ vรฝkonnostnรฝ trรฉning na jej prekonanie. Samozrejme to ale ide aj tak, ako to robia naprรญklad Dave Graham, Daniel Woods alebo Nalle Hukkataival - jednoducho ลพiลฅ naplno pre lezenie.
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0Domen ล kofic, #2 v rebrรญฤku 8a, mal pomalรฝ, no zato vyrovnanรฝ vzostup v hodnoteniach Svetovรฉho pohรกra, presne tak, ako to plรกnoval. V 2016 sa vลกak karta obrรกtila, keฤ vyhral tri z prvรฝch ลกtyroch kรดl Sveลฅรกku. (c) Stanko Gruden (interview s jeho priateฤพkou Janjou Garnbret bude nasledovaลฅ onedlho).
Ako si vysvetฤพujeลก takรฝ parรกdny vรฝvin udalostรญ v roku 2016?
"Fakt nemรกm poลatia, ako sa to stalo. Na zaฤiatku roka som mal kopu problรฉmov s bolesลฅou v dolnej ฤasti chrbta a musel som sa istรฝm pohybom vyhรฝbaลฅ, aby som si nespรดsoboval zbytoฤnรบ bolesลฅ. Kvรดli tomu som sa rozhodol รบplne vynechaลฅ bouldering. Zriedkakedy som bol so svojรญm trรฉningom spokojnรฝ, keฤลพe som robil tak polovicu z toho, ฤo by som naozaj chcel robiลฅ. Naลกลฅastie som sa stihol vฤas uzdraviลฅ vฤaka lieฤbe a cviฤeniam s fyzioterapeutom, no aj tak som mal pred zaฤatรญm sezรณny vรกลพne obavy ohฤพadom mojej formy. Nejako som sa vลกak dokรกzal uvoฤพniลฅ a vlastne mi ani tak nezรกleลพalo na mojich cieฤพoch.
Do Chamonix som priลกiel bez akรฝchkoฤพvek oฤakรกvanรญ, jednoducho som bol rรกd, ลพe koneฤne zaฤala pretekรกrska sezรณna. Vedel som, ลพe ak chcem dosiahnuลฅ dobrรฝ vรฝsledok, budem musieลฅ zabojovaลฅ a risknรบลฅ vลกetko. Bol to presnรฝ opak minulej sezรณny, kedy som sa cรญtil v najlepลกej ลพivotnej forme a plnรฝ oฤakรกvanรญ, a bral som pรณdiovรฉ umiestnenia ako samozrejmรบ vec. Vtedy som v prvรฝch dvoch sรบลฅaลพiach skonฤil deviaty a tento rok som vyhral tri zo ลกtyroch. Myslรญm, ลพe prรกve to bol ten hlavnรฝ dรดvod - oslobodil som sa od tlaku, ktorรฝ som si sรกm vytvรกral a jednoducho som si uลพรญval pretekanie bez ohฤพadu na to, ako to dopadne. Po takรฝchto รบspechoch som vลกak moje oฤakรกvania uลพ nevedel ฤalej drลพaลฅ na uzde a na Majstrovstvรกch sveta v Parรญลพi som neoฤakรกval niฤ menej ako pรณdiovรฝ vรฝsledok. Skonฤiลฅ znovu ลกtvrtรฝ pred Gautierom (pozn.: Gautier Supper) tak ako pred dvoma rokmi bolo pre mลa celkom zdrvujรบce. Musรญm priznaลฅ, ลพe som stratil motivรกciu, no na druhรบ stranu som si nechcel pokaziลฅ celkovรฝ vรฝsledok v Svetovom pohรกri. Poslednรฉ dve kolรก boli pre mลa najลฅaลพลกie po psychickej strรกnke. Obraลovaลฅ si pozรญciu je omnoho ลฅaลพลกie ako atakovaลฅ vรฝsledky. Naลกลฅastie som vลกak bol schopnรฝ si nรกskok udrลพaลฅ a splnil som si tak nieฤo, ฤo by som eลกte pred dvomi rokmi nazval ลกialenรฝm snom."
Akรฝ to bol pocit nastรบpiลฅ do poslednรฉho finรกle sezรณny pred tvojim domรกcim publikom v Kranji?
Musรญm priznaลฅ, ลพe z psychickรฉho hฤพadiska to boli zatiaฤพ moje najลฅaลพลกie preteky. รplne najลฅaลพลกie to bolo pred semifinรกle, kedy som vedel, ลพe musรญm zaliezลฅ bezchybne, aby som si zaistil postup do finรกle. Naลกลฅastie som nevedel, ลพe cestu musรญm vlastne topnรบลฅ, aby sa tak stalo. Bolo to jednoduchลกie, keฤ som vedel, ลพe som sa do finรกle dostal, no stรกle nebolo po vลกetkom. Keฤ som si pozeral zรกznam z finรกle, komentรกtor tam povedal, ลพe som uลพ pred nรกstupom na stenu urฤite vedel, ลพe som zรญskal celkovรฝ titul, no nebolo tomu tak. Poฤul som, ลพe Jakob skonฤil rรฝchlo, no takisto aj lezci pred nรญm. Videl som len, ลพe Romain (pozn.: Romain Desgranges) nesedel ani na jednej zo stoliฤiek pre vedรบcich pretekรกrov. Jakob si vtedy mal akurรกt sadnรบลฅ na jednu z nich. Takลพe to bol trhรกk aลพ do konca. Cesta bola ลฅaลพkรก, no keฤ som sa poลกmykol v polovici s tรฝm, ลพe som mal stรกle dosลฅ sily, pomyslel som si, ลพe som to istotne pokazil. Po odviazanรญ som sa od Urbana (pozn.: Urban Primoลพiฤ) dozvedel, ลพe to nakoniec staฤilo na druhรฉ miesto a ลพe som titul zรญskal. Ten pocit รบฤพavy a ลกลฅastia, ktorรฝ nasledoval, sa ani nedรก opรญsaลฅ."
Akรฉ mรกลก ฤalลกie plรกny, ako vidรญลก rok 2017 alebo Olympiรกdu?
Chcem pokraฤovaลฅ pomaly ale isto ako doteraz a dosiahnuลฅ tie mรฉty, ktorรฉ som si eลกte nesplnil... Do budรบcej sezรณny sa chcem urฤite viac sรบstrediลฅ na bouldering a odskรบลกaลฅ, ฤo v ลom dokรกลพem. Takisto by som si rรกd naลกiel ฤas chodiลฅ na skaly a dokonฤiลฅ zaฤatรฉ projekty.
Olympiรกda je stรกle dosลฅ ฤaleko a eลกte ani nevieme, ako to celรฉ bude vyzeraลฅ. Formรกt kvalifikรกcie a celรฝch pretekoch zatiaฤพ nie je znรกmy. Urฤite by som sa na Olympiรกde rรกd zรบฤastnil, ale iba vtedy, ak sa dovtedy lezenie ako olympijskรฝ ลกport drasticky nezmenรญ. Bolo by pre mลa urฤite ลฅaลพkรฉ rozhodnรบลฅ sa, ฤi sa chcem zรบฤastniลฅ, ak by som mal zaฤaลฅ trรฉnovaลฅ lezenie na rรฝchlosลฅ v takom formรกte, ako je v sรบฤasnosti.
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02 December 2016
Tri spรดsoby pridรกvania ciest a prelezov
V 8a databรกze sa nachรกdza 4.1 miliรณna prelezov a vลกetky boli zapรญsanรฉ jednรฝm z nasledujรบcich spรดsobov:
1. Cez strรกnku kliknutรญm "Pridaลฅ" v ฤพavej ฤast, s moลพnosลฅou pridania vลกetkรฝch detailov cesty ฤi bouldra
2. Cez mobilnรบ aplikรกciu kliknutรญm "Pridaลฅ cez mobil" s menej moลพnosลฅami
3. Cez vyhฤพadรกvanie v pravej ฤasti, kde staฤรญ nรกjsลฅ oblasลฅ a nรกsledne pridaลฅ cestu do Dennรญฤka ฤi Inventรกra
Ak si preliezol znรกmu cestu v znรกmej oblasti a chceลก si ju zapรญsaลฅ, moลพnosลฅ ฤ. 3 bude najrรฝchlejลกia. Ak si naopak spravil nieฤo novรฉ alebo vyliezol mรกlo lezenรบ cestu ฤi boulder, najlepลกie bude pouลพiลฅ moลพnosลฅ ฤ.1.
Moลพnosลฅ 3 bude v budรบcnosti sprรญstupnenรก aj na mobilnej strรกnke.
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02 December 2016
Lifestyle climbing versus performance training
One of the biggest changes in the climbing community in the last years is the increased focus on performance training. Adam Ondra started it some years ago and now even Chris Sharma follows the trend. You can read about training and the shortcuts to achieving higher level everywhere. Letting mobile clock structure how much time to climb and rest is the new thing sometimes even for the kids.
With this trend for getting stronger it is important to state that Adam Ondra and Chris Sharma did get their best based just on the Lifestyle climbing approach. Now they are successfully adding some Performance Training into their climbing lifestyle.
If you instead start with the performance training approach, you may risk injuries and motivation problems when your performance level stops increasing. The easiest way to stay away from these problems is just to start climbing for several years like Ondra and Sharma did and then, when you reach a plateau, you can go for some performance training short cuts. Alternatively, you can continue just "lifestyling" like Graham, Woods and Hukkataival and still continue to progress.
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242 December 2016
No pressure, just enjoyment - Domen's winning recipe
Domen ล kofic, #2 in the 8a ranking game, has had a slow but steady progress in World Cup rankings, just as he wanted. Suddenly in 2016, the Slovenian 22-year-old won three out of the first four events. (c) Stanko Gruden (Interview with his fiancee Janja Garnbret is coming up).
How can you explain the great development in 2016?
I seriously have no idea how that happened. I had a lot of trouble with the pain in my lower back at the start of the year and had to avoid certain moves as it was to painful. I also decided to skip bouldering because of it. I was rarely happy with my training, as it was always a half of what I wanted to do. With special exercises and treatments with physio therapist, I was able to recover in time, but I was still seriously doubting my shape before the season kicked off. Somehow I was able to relax and didn't even care about my goals anymore.
I came to Chamonix without any expectations, just super thrilled that competitions finally started. I knew that I'll have to fight and risk it all, to make a good result. It was just the opposite situation compared to last year, when I was feeling in the best shape of my life and full of expectations, taking podiums for granted. I then finished 9th on the first two comps and this year I won 3 out of 4. So I guess that played the biggest role, being free of self-made pressure and just enjoy the competition scene no matter what happens. After all this success I couldn't control my expectations anymore and deep down I wanted nothing less than a podium in Paris. Finishing 4th again after Gijon two years ago was a heartbreaker. I admit I lost some motivation and at the same time I didn't want to mess up the overall. The last two comps were mentally the hardest for me. Defending is way harder, than attacking. Luckily, I managed to keep it together to the very end and pulled off something I would call crazy dreams just two years ago.
What was the feeling and nervousness about starting the final in front of your home crowd?
I have to admit that this was my mentally hardest competition ever. The hardest part was definitely just before semis, where I had to perform perfect to make it to finals. Luckly, I didn't know I had to actually top the route. It got a lot easier, when I knew I got in the finals, but still, it wasn't over yet. When I watched the replay of the stream commentator said, I surely knew I already won the overall before my final climb, but I didn't. I heard Jakob finished fast, but so did all before him. I only saw that Romain wasn't sitting in one of the leader chairs. Jakob was still to sit down on some of them. So it was a nerve wrecking battle to the very end. The route was tough, but when I slipped off in the middle of the route, still with lots of gas in the tank, I thought I surely failed. I got to know that it was enough for second place and that I got the overall from Urban only after I tied off the rope. I can't describe the feeling of the relief and happiness afterwards.
What is the next plan, 2017 aim and what about the Olympics?
I want to continue with my slow and steady progress and achieve what I still haven't... I'm definitely giving most of my focus on bouldering next season and try myself there to. I would definitely like to find some time for outdoors and finish the unfinished business.
The Olympics are still far and we still don't know how they're going to be. The format and how to qualify is still not known. I would definitely like to compete there one day, but only if climbing doesn't change drastically in the process of becoming an Olympic sport. I would seriously have a hard time to decide whether to go or not, if I had to start training speed as we know it today.
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02 December 2016
Three ways to add routes
There are 4.1 million routes in the 8a database and all of them have been added using one of the following options.
1. Click "Add" up to the left and write free text including all details.
2. Click "Add via mobile" with less details.
3. In the search column to the right, start writing the crag name and find your route in the Ticklist.
If you have done a popular climb at a popular crag, the fastest way is the option three. If you put up something new or climb unpopular climbs, then the option 1 is the fastest.
Later there will also be an option to add routes using option 3 in the mobile responsive site.
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11 December 2016
8a onsight by Illya Bakhmet-Smolenskyi (11)
Illya Bakhmet-Smolenskyi, who previously has done an 8c, has ticked off three 8b's and onsighted his first 8a last week, Pollastre de granja in Margalef.
"It was very scary to clip the last bolt, I did not want to fall. The hardest part is on the first part. It is overhang climbing on small pockets but you can see the way to climb it. After the crux it is nice, vertical climbing that you cant see from the ground. It is my 5th try of trying to onsight an 8a."
His mother, Ann, explains that Illya started climbing about five years ago but he has never had any trainers beside his parents, who climb in the 6th grade. Most of the times, Illya climbs outdoor as his parents normally work with IT and travel abroad. In 2014, he won Arco Rock Junior being 9 years old, and did his first 8a+.
8a encourage youngsters to focus mainly on onsights and a broad grade tick list pyramid. We will normally not publish ascents for kids mainly projecting hard redpoints.
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01 December 2016
Adam Ondra proudly sums up Yosemite and gives credit
Adam Ondra, who now has 51 000+ followers on his Instagram proudly sums up his six weeks in Yosemite. (c) Pavel Blazek
"Yosemite climbing is hard. Like really hard. The Free Nose is even harder. @_linacolina_ 's (Lynn Hill) achievement is one the most radical achievements in the climbing history, in my opinion, still not fully appreciated. Hats off.
The Dawn Wall is the hardest. I am proud to have done it. Possibly my proudest achievement im climbing. Nevertheless, the effort I had to make is incomparable to what @tommycaldwell and @kjorgeson had to go through, not knowing where to climb and if it is climbable. I think they can be way prouder than me for what they did.
El Cap is bad ass. That is the fact. No choss."
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330 November 2016
Buฤ informovanรฝ o prelezoch tvojich kamoลกov a prelezoch z tvojich obฤพรบbenรฝch oblastรญ
Presne tak ako na Facebooku, aj na 8a-ฤku si mรดลพeลก vybraลฅ, od ktorรฝch kamarรกtov a z ktorรฝch oblastรญ budeลก dostรกvaลฅ upozornenia o novรฝch prelezoch. Staฤรญ kliknรบลฅ na Dennรญฤek tvojho kamoลกa a budeลก automaticky vidieลฅ, ktorรฉ prelezy mรก zaznamenanรฉ ako poslednรฉ. Tรกto istรก moลพnosลฅ je aj pri sekcii oblasti, kde sa dรก dokonca vybraลฅ obtiaลพnosลฅ, ktorรบ chceลก sledovaลฅ.
Na obrรกzku je znรกzornenรฉ, kde presne staฤรญ kliknรบลฅ, aby si si mohol "Pridaลฅ k Priateฤพom" Adama Ondru a sledovaลฅ jeho najnovลกie prelezy. Pre zaujรญmavosลฅ, jeho Dennรญฤek mรก uลพ viac ako 1 miliรณn pozretรญ a Adamov Instagram, ktorรฝ sa tieลพ oplatรญ pozrieลฅ, mรก cez 51 000 followerov.
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