15 News found
13/02/2024 - Climbing
Watch Florian Wientjes make first repeat of Floatin (8C+) in Japan The video of Germany's Florian Wientjes making the second ascent of Floatin, the 8C+ put up by Ryuchi Murai in 2021 at mizugaki in Japan.
09/01/2024 - Climbing
Tomoa Narasaki flashes Gakido 8B+ at Chigobudau in Japan On 20/12/2023 Japanese climber Tomoa Narasaki flashed 'Gakido', a boulder problem at Chigobudau previously rated 8C+. After using a slightly different sequence, Narasaki suggested 8B+. He then freed the sitstart project at 8C, calling it 'Ashuradō'.
27/10/2023 - Alpinism
Florian Wientjes makes first repeat of Floatin (8C+) in Japan German climber Florian Wientjes has made the second ascent of Floatin, the 8C+ boulder problem at mizugaki in Japan put up by Ryuchi Murai in 2021.
09/08/2023 - Climbing
Ryuichi Murai is Livin' Large (8C+) in Rocklands Japanese rock climber Ryuichi Murai has repeated Livin' Large (8C+) at Rocklands, South Africa.
08/02/2023 - Climbing
Ryuichi Murai repeats Sleepwalker 8C+ at Red Rocks, USA Japanese rock climber Ryuichi Murai has repeated Sleepwalker, the 8C+ boulder problem at Red Rocks, USA, first ascended by Jimmy Webb in 2018.
27/12/2021 - Climbing
Watch Ryuichi Murai free Floatin at mizugaki in Japan The video documenting the first ascent of Floatin, the 8C+ boulder problem at mizugaki in Japan freed by Ryuichi Murai at the start of December 2021.
12/12/2021 - Climbing
Ryuichi Murai fires Launch Pad project, 8C+ boulder problem at mizugaki in Japan Japanese rock climber Ryuichi Murai has made the first ascent of his Launch Pad Project at mizugaki in Japan, grading his short and intense line 8C+ and calling it Floatin.
05/12/2019 - Climbing
Climbing videos: Tomoa Narasaki Decided, Ryuichi Murai United, Giuliano Cameroni Legacy Three videos of recent hard sends: Tomoa Narasaki flashes Decided and, on the same boulder at mizugaki in Japan, Ryuichi Murai adds the the low start to create United. Finally Giuliano Cameroni on Legacy at Rocklands in South Africa.
02/12/2019 - Climbing
Tomoa Narasaki flashes Decided, 8B+ boulder problem in Japan Japanese climber Tomoa Narasaki has made a flash ascent of Decided, an 8B+ boulder problem at mizugaki in Japan.
13/11/2019 - Climbing
Ryuichi Murai frees United, 8C+ boulder in Japan 25-year-old boulderer Ryuichi Murai has made the first ascent of United, an 8C+ boulder problem at mizugaki in Japan.
04/12/2017 - Climbing
James Pearson climbs Power Ranger, bold and beautiful trad at Chattanooga British climber James Pearson has made the first ascent of the bold and difficult route Power Ranger (5.14R / 8c) at Sunset Rocks, Chattanooga, USA.
22/10/2017 - Climbing
Anna Stöhr & Juliane Wurm bouldering in Japan Austria’s Anna Stöhr and Germany’s Juliane Wurm discover some of the bouldering potential in Japan, featuring Yuji Hirayama, Akiyo Noguchi, Yuka Kobayashi, Sachi Amma and many others.
04/05/2016 - Climbing
Yuji Hirayama big in Japan The 47-year-old climber Yuji Hirayama from Japan has repeated Minerva at mizugaki, a boulder problem officially graded 8B+.
04/12/2013 - Climbing
Video: Paige Claassen in Japan The video of American climber Paige Claassen and her Japanese stage of the Lead Now Tour.
25/10/2012 - Interviews
Tomoko Ogawa and the Catharsis 8B+ interview Interview with Japanese climber Tomoko Ogawa who made the first female ascent of an 8B+ boulder problem, Catharsis at Shiobara in Japan.
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