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Here are some of the Lead competition climbers that stick out in the history. Five out of ten are still active top climbers. Who do you think is missing that should be mentioned in the history books of Lead competition climbing as of 2016? Ramon Julian Puigblanque: Competing for 16 straight successful years and when it comes to overall points he has almost twice as many as the runner-up Jakob Schubert. The 159 cm tall has won the world championships twice. Jakob Schubert: Ten successful years on the circuit and in 2011 he started by winning seven straight WCs. World Champion once. Alex Chabot: During only seven years he was on the podium 30 times winning 21 times! Adam Ondra: He won overall being just 16 years old and when it comes to male average results, he is #2 after Chabot. World Champion three times. Legrand: Totally dominated the circuit in the 90-ies and won in total 17 World Cups. World Champion three times. Angela Eiter: She won 25 events in just eleven years and in total she was on the podium 43 times. She has won the World Championship four times. Muriel Sarkany: She is #1 when it comes to total points and she has been on the podium 45 times during 19 seasons, which is the most for any lead climber. World Champion once and runner-up four times. Jain Kim: She has won 22 WCs, which is second after Eiter. World Champion once. Robin Erbesfield: Dominated the sport during the ealy 90-ies with 14 World Cup victories. World Champion once. Mina Markovic: Second most Lead career points after Sarkany during 13 seasons. Liv Sansoz: Over 32 events, her worst result was #9. World Champion twice. Susi Good: Out of 17 World Cup starts, her worst results was #4. World Champion twice.

Tu je zoznam pretekรกrov na obtiaลพnosลฅ, ktorรญ sรบ z pohฤพadu lezeckej histรณrie vรฝnimoฤnรญ. Piati z dvanรกstich sรบ stรกle aktรญvni top zรกvodnรญci. Kto by mal podฤพa teba byลฅ eลกte spomenutรฝ v historickรฝch kronikรกch sรบลฅaลพnรฉho lezenia na obtiaลพnosลฅ, od zaฤiatku aลพ po 2016? Ramon Julian Puigblanque: Sรบลฅaลพnรบ ลกnรบru uลพ ลฅahรก nepretrลพite 16 รบspeลกnรฝch rokov a v celkovom sรบฤte bodov mรก dvojnรกsobne viac ako druhรฝ v poradรญ Jakob Schubert. Tento 159cm vysokรฝ ลกpaniel vyhral Majstrovstvรก sveta dvakrรกt. Jakob Schubert: Na sรบลฅaลพnej scรฉne sa pohybuje uลพ 10 rokov a v 2011 zaฤal tรฝm, ลพe vyhral 7 zรกvodov Svetovรฉho pohรกra v rade. Majstrovstvรก sveta vyhral raz v roku 2012. Alex Chabot: Poฤas iba siedmich rokov na sรบลฅaลพnej scรฉne stรกl na pรณdiu 30-krรกt, z toho 21-krรกt ako vรญลฅaz! Adam Ondra: Ako ลกestnรกsลฅroฤnรฝ vyhral Svetovรฝ pohรกr a keฤ sa pozrieme na muลพskรฉ priemernรฉ vรฝsledky je druhรฝ, hneฤ za Chabotom. Majstrovstvรก sveta vyhral dvakrรกt. Francois Legrand: รšplne ovlรกdol sรบลฅaลพnรบ scรฉnu v 90-tych rokoch, keฤ vyhral 17 zรกvodov svetovรฉho pohรกra. Majstrom sveta bol trikrรกt. Angela Eiter: Poฤas jedenรกstich rokov vyhrala 25 pretekov Svetovรฉho pohรกra, dohromady stรกla na pรณdiu 43-krรกt a Majstrovstvรก sveta vyhrala ลกtyrikrรกt. Muriel Sarkany: Je ฤ.1 ฤo sa tรฝka celkovรฉho sรบฤtu bodov v rebrรญฤku a na pรณdiu stรกla 45-krรกt poฤas devรคtnรกstich sรบลฅaลพnรฝch sezรณn, ฤo je viac ako ktorรฝkoฤพvek inรฝ pretekรกr v lezenรญ na obtiaลพnosลฅ. Majstrovstvรก sveta vyhrala raz a druhรก skonฤila ลกtyrikrรกt. Jain Kim: Vyhrala 22 zรกvodov svetovรฉho pohรกra, majsterkou sveta bola raz. Robin Erbesfield: Ovlรกdla sรบลฅaลพnรบ scรฉnu na zaฤiatku 90-tych rokov, kedy vyhrala 14 podujatรญ Svetovรฉho pohรกra. Majstrovstvรก vyhrala jedenkrรกt. Mina Markovic: Druhรก v celkovom sรบฤte bodov v kariรฉre na obtiaลพnosลฅ hneฤ po Muriel Sarkany, ฤo dosiahla v priebehu trinรกstich rokov. Liv Sansoz: Z 32 zรกvodov, na ktorรฝch sa zรบฤastnila, nikdy neskonฤila horลกie ako deviata. Majstrovstvรก sveta vyhrala dva razy. Susi Good: Zรบฤastnila sa sedemnรกstich pretekov Svetovรฉho pohรกra, priฤom najhorลกie skonฤila ลกtvrtรก a majsterkou sveta bola dvakrรกt.

Domen a Janja vรญลฅazmi Svetovรฉho pohรกra 2016
1. Janja Garnbret SLO 530 - Domen Skofic SLO 472 2. Anak Verhoeven BEL 495 - Jakob Schubert AUT 402 3. Jain Kim KOR 395 - Romain Desgranges FRA 380 4. Magdalena Rรถck AUT 345 - Stefano Ghisolfi ITA 356 5. Mina Markovic SLO 306 - Gauthier Supper FRA 281 Kompletnรฉ vรฝsledky Slovinsko, krajina s iba dvomi miliรณnmi obyvateฤพov, za mรดลพe pรฝลกiลฅ dvojitรฝm vรญลฅazstvom vo Svetovom pohรกri v podanรญ mladรฝch lezcov Domena ล kofica a Janji Garnbret. Maximรกlny poฤet bodov, ktorรฝ mohli pretekรกri dosiahnuลฅ bol 600, takลพe podฤพa vรฝsledkov boli obaja relatรญvne dominantnรญ vo svojich kategรณriach. Janja za celรฝ rok neskonฤila horลกie ako tretia a Domen by vyhral, aj keby sa poฤรญtalo len pรคลฅ zo siedmich vรฝsledkov. (c) Manca ฤŒujeลพ Anak Verhoeven bola poฤas poslednรฝch dvoch rokov ลกtvrtรก, no tento rok zaznamenala vรฝraznรฝ postup a vลพdy sa drลพala v tesnom zรกvese za Janjou. Jakob Shubert bol na konci kaลพdej sezรณny od roku 2009 v Top-4 a tento rok skonฤil druhรฝ. V celkovej ลกtatistike je druhรฝm najlepลกรญch lezcom na obtiaลพnosลฅ na svete, hneฤ za Ramonetom (pozn.: Ramรณn Juliรกn Puigblanque)

Domen and Janja World Cup winners 2016
1. Janja Garnbret SLO 530 - Domen Skofic SLO 472 2. Anak Verhoeven BEL 495 - Jakob Schubert AUT 402 3. Jain Kim KOR 395 - Romain Desgranges FRA 380 4. Magdalena Rรถck AUT 345 - Stefano Ghisolfi ITA 356 5. Mina Markovic SLO 306 - Gauthier Supper FRA 281 Complete results Slovenia, with just 2 million inhabitants, did get an impressive double through youngsters Janja Garnbret and Domen Skofic. The maximum points is 600 so in reality they were both quite superior. Janja's worst counted result was #3 and Domen would have won only counting five of the best seven results. (c) Manca ฤŒujeลพ Anak has been #4 the last two years and she has made great progress in 2016 always being close to Janja's performance. Jakob Schubert has been Top-4 in the World Cup all years since 2009. In the overall point statistics, he is the second best Lead climber in the world after Ramonet.

28 November 2016

WC Kranj Highlights

Halenke & Verhoeven win in Kranj
Anak Verhoeven won her second WC in 2016 in great style finishing just a couple of moves before the top of a great route. Akiyo Noguchi, #4 in the Boulder WC, was the runner up six moves behind Anak in just her second appearance in Lead this year. Janja Garnbret, the 17-year-old world champion who had already secured the overall title, was third. More pictures and full story by Eddie Fowke. As for the men, Sebastian Halenke won his first event and saved the route setters by climbing two thirds of the route. He said that it was the hardest competition route he had ever climbed. Both in qualifications and semis there was a record number of tops which probably made the route setters increase the difficulty in the final. Unfortunately, and probably because of the stressful atmosphere created by 5 000 spectators, almost all competitors feel on the same move. However, as Domen Skofic was second and won overall together with his girlfriend Janja Garnbret, the home crowd seemed very pleased anyhow. 1. Sebastian Halenke GER 37 - Anak Verhoeven BEL 47 2. Domen Skofic SLO 23 - Akiyo Noguchi JPN 41 3. Jakob Schubert AUT 20 - Janja Garnbret SLO 40+ Complete results

A 9a goes to 8c+ barefoot
Fanatic climbing reports that Seb Bouin has made the first repeat of Enzo Oddo's Salidad de Sol in Cantobre giving it a personal grade of 8c+. "Funny trick : for the send, Seb Bouin has left one climbing shoe for doing the crux barefoot for being able to grip a hole with the big toe, finishing the route with a shoe less. Charles Albert attracts imitators!" This could possibly create a new trend. Where you can stick in your big toe in a two finger pocket and pull with the toe it might be an easier way compared to just standing on some millimeters on the outside of the little pocket. Charles Albert has already showed this in Bouldering. Last year 8a said that in the future there might be a market for shoes where the big toe is actually separated from the other four toes. Alternatively, climbers could start with a shoe which they can easily take off, doing the crux barefoot, and later put it on again. This could actually mean that some routes could be downgraded! That might be the case for routes with drilled two finger pockets! The picture shows Marius Morstad's design from some 25 years ago which he sent to some shoe producers.

8C FA by Toshi Takeuchi
28 November 2016

8C FA by Toshi Takeuchi

Toshi Takeuchi, #3 in the ranking game, has made the FA of Babylon 8C in Toyota and there is a video coming up. (c) Horinori Baba "Finally managed to do Longstanding project in Toyota. One of the best and hardest things I've ever done. I first touched this project 2 years ago. Since then, I tried this project a lot but never had chance to link all the moves. In my opinion, 11 moves hard V14 +12moves V11. Total 23moves. On to the next project:)"

Rock & Ice vydali peknรฝ a rozsiahly rozhovor s Adamom Ondrom ohฤพadne Dawn Wall, priฤom sa na viacerรฉ veci pozreli z novรฝch uhlov. Malรก ukรกลพka: ฤŒo by si si z terajลกieho pohฤพadu prial, aby si vedel pred prelezom? "Zobral som si veฤพa rozliฤnรฝch lezeฤiek, no nakoniec mi sadli jedine Katana Laces. Boty v "pohodlnej veฤพkosti" jednoducho nie sรบ na Dawn Wall dobrรฉ, ani do ฤพahkรฝch dฤบลพok. Jedine tesnรฉ lezeฤky." "ลฝe som mal skorej zaฤaลฅ pouลพรญvaลฅ Antihydral." (pozn.: masลฅ, ktorรก vysuลกuje koลพu) "ลฝe na Dawn Wall veฤพa zรกleลพรญ od podmienok. Jednรฝm z dรดvodom, preฤo mi priลกli niektorรฉ dฤบลพky v prvรฝch tรฝลพdลˆoch takรฉ ลฅaลพkรฉ bolo, ลพe bolo prรญliลก teplo. V niektorรฉ dni sa jednoducho do nich ani neoplatรญ nastupovaลฅ." "ลฝe si treba zobraลฅ pohodlnejลกiu karimatku." "ลฝe sme si mal zobraลฅ omnoho viac toaleลฅรกku, kniลพiek na ฤasy v bivaku a OMNOHO viac mรกdลพa." "ลฝe som mal viac trรฉnovaลฅ nohy, hlavne lรฝtka. Keฤลพe som kaลพdรฝ deลˆ stรกl na malรฝch stupoch niekoฤพko hodรญn, moje slabรฉ nohy skalkรกra a pretekรกra sa jednoducho unavili a rozklepali."

9a zhodenรฉ na 8c+ vฤaka vyzutej lezeฤke
Fanatic climbing oznรกmili, ลพe Seb Bouin spravil prvรฉ opakovania Salidad de Sol v Cantobre z dielne Enza Odda a zapรญsal si ho ako 8c+. "Srandovnรฝ trik: pri preleze si Seb vyzul ฤพavรบ lezeฤku a boulder v ceste preliezol bez nej, aby mohol pouลพiลฅ dierku, kde presne pasoval ฤพavรฝ palec. Zvyลกok cesty doliezol s ฤพavou nohou bosou. Charles Albert zaฤรญna maลฅ nasledovnรญkov!" Je dokonca moลพnรฉ, ลพe by sa z tohto mohol staลฅ novรฝ trend. Ak bude pre lezcov jednoduchลกie pouลพiลฅ dierku na celรฝ palec, skรดr ako stรกลฅ na jej niekoฤพko-milimetrovom okraji, potom je logickรฉ, ลพe by sa takรฝto ลกtรฝl mohol ujaลฅ. Charles Albert to uลพ demonลกtroval vo Fontainebleau. Minulรฝ rok 8a poukรกzalo na to, ลพe na trhu by mohol byลฅ priestor pre lezeฤky s oddelenรฝm palcom. Takisto by lezci mohli naliezaลฅ do cesty s obomi lezeฤkami, vyzuลฅ si jednu ฤi obe kvรดli ลกpecifickej pasรกลพi a znovu ich nazuลฅ pri vhodnej prรญleลพitosti. Mohlo by to znamenaลฅ, ลพe sa niektorรฉ cesty dokonca budรบ zhadzovaลฅ. Zvlรกลกลฅ by to mohlo platiลฅ pri tรฝch, kde sรบ umelo vyvล•tanรฉ dierky! Na fotke je design od Mariusa Morstada spred 25 rokov, ktorรฝ v tej dobe posielal niekoฤพkรฝm vรฝrobcom.