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La Rubia 8c+ by Muriel Sarkany (42)
Muriel Sarkany, one of the best competition climbers in the history, has done the 50 meter long endurance monster, La Rubia 8c+ in Villanueva del Rosario. Three years ago, the 153 cm tall did her first 9a Punt'X being 39 years old. Between 1997 and 2004, Muriel won the Overall WC 5 times and the remaining 3 years she was the runner-up! (c) Julie Sprooten - I tried the project two weeks in April until it became completely wet and then I came back last week. For the next month, I would like to use my good shape to try others routes but I have to see with the forecast! Here these last days, it rained a lot and been very cold, 7 degrees. After around 35-40 min of climbing, my feet were like ice and I wasn't feeling them anymore. It was really mental.

Muriel Sarkany (42) La Rubia 8c+ rotasฤฑnฤฑ tฤฑrmandฤฑ
Muriel Sarkany, tarihteki en iyi yarฤฑลŸmacฤฑlardan dฤฑ. ลžimdi ise 50 metrelik dayanฤฑklฤฑlฤฑk canavarฤฑnฤฑ parรงaladฤฑ, La Rubia 8c+. 153 lรผk sporcu 3 yฤฑl รถnce 39 yaลŸฤฑnda ilk 9a sฤฑnฤฑ รงฤฑkmฤฑลŸtฤฑ ve 97-2004 arasฤฑnda 5 kez dรผnya kupasฤฑ kazanmฤฑลŸtฤฑ.(c) Julie Sprooten - Bu projemi Nisan'da iki hafta kadar รงalฤฑลŸmฤฑลŸtฤฑm ve geรงen hafta yeniden baลŸladฤฑm. Bomba gibiyim รถnรผmรผzdeki ay baลŸka rotalara da saldฤฑracaฤŸฤฑm. Tabi hava mรผsade ederse. Son gรผnlerde donduk, hava 7 derece ve donmuลŸ ayaklar tฤฑrmanฤฑลŸฤฑ zihinsel bir savaลŸ haline getiriyor.

Muriel Sarkany (42) preliezla La Rubia 8c+
Muriel Sarkany, jedna z najlepลกรญch sรบลฅaลพnรฝch lezkรฝลˆ histรณrie, preliezla 50 metrovรฉ vytrvalostnรฉ monลกtrum La Rubia 8c+ vo Villanueva del Rosario. Pred tromi rokmi vo veku 39 rokov vyliezla tรกto 153 cm vysokรก belgiฤanka svoje prvรฉ 9a, Punt X v Gorges du Loup. V obdobรญ 1997 aลพ 2004 stรกla Muriel na stupni vรญลฅazom pรคลฅkrรกt a zvyลกnรฉ tri raz skonฤila druhรก! (c) Julie Sprooten "Cestu som nacviฤovala uลพ v Aprรญli poฤas dvoch tรฝลพdลˆov, aลพ dokรฝm kompletne nezatiekla a najbliลพลกie som sa vrรกtila iba pred tรฝลพdลˆom. Poฤas nasledujรบceho mesiaca by som rada vyuลพila dobrรบ formu na prelezenie ฤalลกรญch projektov, no uvidรญme, akรก bude predpoveฤ! V poslednรฝch dลˆoch tu dosลฅ prลกalo a bola zima, iba 7 stupลˆov. Po cca 35-40 minรบtach lezenia som mala pocit, ลพe mi nohy zamrzli a vรดbec som ich necรญtila. Bola to celkom brutalita."

Sachi Amma changes horizon
Sachi Amma stopped competing after he won the World Cup in 2014. Next year he reached his goal to do ten routes 9a or harder. In 2016, he has slowly been shifting again and just stopped doing hard routes after a 9a+ in Flatanger this summer. (c) Sam Biรฉ above Leonidio.

"I can not find any value to be a better person by comparing myself with other climbers. That is why I stopped competing and climbing hard routes. Why do I need to be better than the others? I my case, I had strong beliefs that I am the tiniest concept of myself. I needed to cover this weakness by doing amazing things (winning comps or climbing hard) but I noticed that you will never be satisfied by being better than the others. Because the essential problems are just covered and they are still there.

Please do not misunderstand that this way of thinking applies to all people. I think competition is very good way to learn yourself (And I know that lots of my friends who compete do it not just for winning....) I am pretty sure that comparing with others never gives you the real happiness.

So what is your goal now? (10 seconds of silence) I do not know... I am in the maze of my life. Today the image of climbing, specially media's focus, is mostly about power, strong or crazy. It is masculine. But my point of view, human has a feminine side too which is like smooth or beautiful. If the balance of climbing becomes more feminine, it will be beautiful! But this new vision came to me after stop pushing myself and it is still an undeveloped area for me.

And another vision is to createa place where climbers can show there passion and spirit, specially in Japan. There are not so many slideshows or film festival in Japan. I hope people who loves climbing (even if they are not strong) stands up more. I just want to get more ideas to enjoy and expand the potential of climbing.

Could not Tokyo Olympics become a motivator for fame and sponsors again? I have thought about this a lot and first I did hesitate but, no. This huge topic let me think what I really want to do and it was not Olympics.

So what is the next plan? I keep asking myself this all the time as I asked myself, "Why am I doing this?", when I was competitive... (10 seconds of silence)I will go to Spain for three weeks in December. But I do not know what I will climb. But I believe if I just keep being myself, life goes where I want to go!

24 November 2016

Kranj WC this weekend

The last Lead World Cup takes place in Kranj this weekend and here you can find the starting list. Live streaming starts at 20:00 on Saturday and the final begins at 16:30 on Sunday. 1. Domen Skofic 392 - Janja Garnbret 465 2. Romain Desgranges 337 - Anak Verhoeven 395 3. Jakob Schubert 337 - Jain Kim 350 4. Stefano Ghisolfi 301 - Magdalena Rรถck 308 5. Gauthier Supper 255 - Mina Markovic 251 The overall ranking above is based on five out of six events. If Anak wins the last event, she will get 495 points but Janja has 516 points counting all six so she has already secured the overall title. If either Romain Desgranges or Jakob Schubert wins in Kranj, Domen will have to be #6 in front of his home crowd to secure the title.

Four 8A's by Alex Puccio
24 November 2016

Four 8A's by Alex Puccio

Alex Puccio has had a busy week taking down four 8A's including Lethal Design 8A (+) in Red Rocks."6-8 tries in total. Had to try the top out first because I was a bit scared." The runner-up in Bouldering World Championship 2014 has also flashed Americana Exotica 7C+. (c) James Lucas

Oxi - a high class shoe from Ocun
Ocun's best shoe for bouldering and performance climbing is the new Oxi. One of the guys testing it said it was super good but the other person with a norrower foot did not like the fact that they just had one lacro placed high up. This means that you cannot tighten the shoe as good further down on the foot. With a lot of sticky rubber both on the heal and toe, Oxi is especially good for heal - and toehooking. Other than that they did turn out to be quite stable and stiff, also really good on edging. Here is how Ocun presents them: "The Oxi has a prominent sticky rubber toe patch, perfect for toe hooking. The quick to slip on heal is powerful yet comfortable. Additional sticky rubber around the heal makes the slipper brilliant for heal hooking. The Grippin sole offers superb sensitivity throughout. Together these features make the Oxi the weapon of choice for hard bouldering. The slipper design and the single Velcro closure ensures a perfect fit and makes slipping the shoe on and off between problems a breeze."

Sachi Amma'nฤฑn ufku geniลŸliyor
Sachi Amma 2014 Dรผnya Kupasฤฑ'nฤฑ kazandฤฑktan sonra yarฤฑลŸmayฤฑ bฤฑraktฤฑ. Sonraki yฤฑl 10 tane 9a veya daha zor rota รงฤฑkma hedefine ulaลŸtฤฑ. 2016'da tekrar bir deฤŸiลŸikliฤŸe gitti ve Flatanger'daki 9a+ รงฤฑkฤฑลŸฤฑndan sonra zor rota รงฤฑkmayฤฑ bฤฑraktฤฑ. (c) Sam Biรฉ "Kendimi diฤŸer tฤฑrmanฤฑลŸรงฤฑlarla kฤฑyaslamada beni daha iyi bir insan kฤฑlacak bir deฤŸer gรถremiyorum. YarฤฑลŸmayฤฑ ve zor รงฤฑkฤฑลŸlarฤฑ bฤฑrakmamฤฑn sebebi bu. Neden diฤŸerlerinden daha iyi olmaya ihtiyacฤฑm var? Kendi benliฤŸimin รงok az bir kฤฑsmฤฑnฤฑn farkฤฑnda olduฤŸuma ve bu zafฤฑmฤฑ รถrtmek iรงin yarฤฑลŸma kazanmak ve zor rotalar รงฤฑkmak gibi inanฤฑlmaz ลŸeyler yapma peลŸinden koลŸtuฤŸuma inanฤฑyorum. Son tahlilde ise anladฤฑm ki baลŸkalarฤฑndan daha iyi olmak asla tatmin edici olmayacak รงรผnkรผ hayati sorunlar รถrtรผlmรผลŸ olarak var olmaya devam edecek. Beni yanlฤฑลŸ anlamayฤฑn bu dediฤŸim herkes iรงin geรงerli deฤŸil. YarฤฑลŸmak da kendiniz hakkฤฑnda bir ลŸeyler รถฤŸrenmenize sebep olabilir ki bir รงok arkadaลŸฤฑm kazanmak iรงin yarฤฑลŸmฤฑyor. Ancak ลŸundan eminim ki kendini baลŸkalarฤฑyla kฤฑyaslamak mutluluk getirmez. Peki ลŸimdiki hedefin nedir? (10 saniye sessizlik) Bilmiyorum... Kendi yaลŸamฤฑmฤฑn รงฤฑkmazฤฑ iรงerisindeyim. Bugรผn tฤฑrmanฤฑลŸ imgesi, รถzellikle basฤฑnฤฑn ilgisi daha gรผรงlรผ, daha รงฤฑlgฤฑn olanla birlikte. Bu รงok erkeksi ve benim fikrimce insanฤฑn bir de gรผzelliฤŸi arayan kadฤฑnsฤฑ yanฤฑ var. Bence tฤฑrmanฤฑลŸฤฑn bu yรถnde geliลŸmesine ihtiyaรง var. Bu dรผลŸรผnceler kendimi daha zor รงฤฑkฤฑลŸlar iรงin zorlamayฤฑ bฤฑraktฤฑktan sonra bana geldi ve hala geliลŸime ihtiyaรง duyuyor. Bir baลŸka konu da รถzellikle Japonya'da tฤฑrmanฤฑลŸรงฤฑlarฤฑn tutkularฤฑnฤฑ ve ruhunu yansฤฑtacak mekanlarฤฑn eksikliฤŸi. Bizde รงok fazla festival ya da film gรถsterimi yok. Umarฤฑm รงok gรผรงlรผ olmasalar da tฤฑrmanฤฑลŸฤฑ seven insanlar ayaฤŸa kalkar ve tฤฑrmanฤฑลŸฤฑn potansiyeline ve geliลŸmesine katkฤฑda bulunurlar. Tokyo Olimpiyatlarฤฑ yeni bir motivasyon olmayacak mฤฑ? Bu konuda รงok dรผลŸรผndรผm ancak hayฤฑr. Gerรงekten ne yapmak istediฤŸimle ilgiliyim ve bu Olimpiyat deฤŸil. Sonraki plan ne o zaman? Ben de kendime hunu sorup duruyorum, "Ne yapacaฤŸฤฑm?", yarฤฑลŸฤฑrken...... 3 haftalฤฑฤŸฤฑna ฤฐspanya'ya gidiyorum Aralฤฑk'ta. Fakat ne tฤฑrmanacaฤŸฤฑmฤฑ bilmiyorum. Yine de inanฤฑyorum ki kendim olmaya devam edersem hayat da benim gittiฤŸim yere gelecek.