Competition climbing World Champion Tomas Mrazek was reported he had climb in Southern France crags and sent Hot Chili Beans Volcano 8b+ OS in Gorges Du Loup.
German elite climber Alexander Huber free climbed the huge overhang- considered by some as the the biggest roof in the world- Baur-Dach (Baur´s Roof), an old aid A3 route on the north face of Cima Ovest, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Italy. He suggested the difficulty of 8c (11-).
The American Dave Graham did the 4th ascent of Biographie aka Realization 9a+ on Monday after several weeks at Ceüse with Chris Sharma and Ethan Pringle, Kairn.com has informed us. And we´ve got the picture of Dave in Realization from the Czech climber Jiri Ponomarev.
Geoffray de Flaugergues the youngest to repeat Geminis 8c
French boy Geoffray de Flaugergues with 12 years and 4 months is the youngest ever to climb his first Geminis 8c. He is another wonder kid after the Czech Adam Ondra who did his first 8c at his 11 years and 10 months on the end of the year 2004.
The European Youth Series Warsaw (Poland) 21-22/July 2007: Adam Ondra was 1st in category B, Martin Stranik 2nd in category A, Lucie Hrozová 6th in junior women's and Jan Chvala 10th in junior men's.
Czech youngster Martin Stranik (17 years old) did his hardest route, Dikobraz 8c/c+ RP at Visnove in Slovakia yesterday. He entered the ascent to his diary here on czechclimbing.com.
As reported by climbing.com, the famous American free soloist has been missing off the coast of Ireland since last Friday. Reports vary, but an eye witness account says that he was swept out to sea by a rogue wave.
Competition climbing World Champion Tomas Mrazek was reported he had climb in Southern France crags and sent Hot Chili Beans Volcano 8b+ OS in Gorges Du Loup.
The report by French web Nice-Climb.com came on July 27, 2007, a couple days earlier, then there was Adam Ondra (14) who climbed also the same route in same style.
Source: nice-climb.com
Tomas Mrazek has not climbed routes on the crags for many months. He attends mainly lead climbing and bouldering competitions. There for he dropped in crag climbing rankings e.g.: