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![Watch Yuji Hirayama sending Hanabi at Mt Futago](/uploads/img/3/75626.jpg)
22/03/2022 - Climbing
Watch Yuji Hirayama sending Hanabi at Mt Futago The video of Japanese climber Yuji Hirayama making the first free ascent of Hanabi, the 8c+ freed by the 52-year-old at Futagoyama (Mt Futago) in Japan at the end of 2021.
![Yuji Hirayama (53) liberates Peaceful Mountain 9a at Mt Futago, Japan](/uploads/img/3/75319.jpg)
07/03/2022 - Climbing
Yuji Hirayama (53) liberates Peaceful Mountain 9a at Mt Futago, Japan 53-year-old Japanese rock climber Yuji Hirayama has made the first ascent of Peaceful Mountain 9a at Futagoyama (Mt Futago) in Japan.
![Yuji Hirayama (52) fires first ascent of Hanabi 8c+ at Mt Futago in Japan](/uploads/img/3/74163.jpg)
22/12/2021 - Climbing
Yuji Hirayama (52) fires first ascent of Hanabi 8c+ at Mt Futago in Japan 52-year-old Japanese rock climber Yuji Hirayama has made the first ascent of the 8c+ Hanabi at Futagoyama (Mt Futago) in Japan.
![Josune Bereziartu, Lynn Hill, Luisa Iovane: three women who have left their mark in the history of rock climbing](/uploads/img/3/43625.jpg)
22/11/2021 - Climbing
Josune Bereziartu, Lynn Hill, Luisa Iovane: three women who have left their mark in the history of rock climbing Three women, and three climbs, which helped change the course of rock climbing: Luisa Iovane on Comeback in Val San Nicolò in 1986, Lynn Hill on The Nose in 1993 and Josune Bereziartu on Bain de Sang in 2002. Our...
![Janja Garnbret makes climbing history with first female 8c onsight, Fish Eye at Oliana](/uploads/img/3/39146.jpg)
03/11/2021 - Climbing
Janja Garnbret makes climbing history with first female 8c onsight, Fish Eye at Oliana Slovenian rock climber Janja Garnbret has onsighted Fish Eye at Oliana in Spain. In doing so, the 22-year-old has become the first woman in the world to onsight 8c.
![Vita Lukan climbs 8b+ onsight, Geminis at Rodellar in Spain](/uploads/img/3/73237.jpg)
17/10/2021 - Climbing
Vita Lukan climbs 8b+ onsight, Geminis at Rodellar in Spain Slovenian climber Vita Lukan has onsighted Geminis at Rodellar in Spain. Thanks to this ascent the 21-year-old has become one of the few women to onsight a route of these difficulties.
![Gravere defies gravity: Claudia Ghisolfi, Giorgio Tomatis send L'extremacura plus 8c+](/uploads/img/3/67106.jpg)
03/06/2021 - Climbing
Gravere defies gravity: Claudia Ghisolfi, Giorgio Tomatis send L'extremacura plus 8c+ At Gravere in Piedmont, Italy, Claudia Ghisolfi and Giorgio Tomatis have both redpointed L'extrema cura plus 8c+. Tomatis also managed to flash the 8c Extrema cura.
![Yuji Hirayama and Sachi Amma at the top of their climbing game](/uploads/img/3/28828.jpg)
30/03/2019 - Climbing
Yuji Hirayama and Sachi Amma at the top of their climbing game While Yuji Hirayama has made the first ascent of his 8c+ project in Japan aged 50, in Spain 30-year-old Sachi Amma has redpointed his third 9b, Stoking the fire at Santa Linya.
![Jakob Schubert & Domen Škofic climb two 9a+ at Flatanger in Norway](/uploads/img/3/37442.jpg)
31/05/2016 - Climbing
Jakob Schubert & Domen Škofic climb two 9a+ at Flatanger in Norway At the Flatanger - Hanshellern cave in Norway Jakob Schubert from Austria and Domen Skofic from Slovenia have repeated, respectively, Kangaroo Limb and Thor's Hammer. Both of these sport climbs are graded 9a+; on the same day Schubert then onsighted...
![Yuji Hirayama big in Japan](/uploads/img/3/36635.jpg)
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+.
![Iker Pou onsights 8c on Mallorca](/uploads/img/3/29554.jpg)
27/03/2015 - Climbing
Iker Pou onsights 8c on Mallorca 38-year-old Basque sports climber Iker Pou has onsighted his first 8c, Guiris Go Home 8c at Mallorca in Spain.
![The evolution of free climbing](/uploads/img/3/1655.jpg)
23/12/2012 - Climbing
The evolution of free climbing Switzerland's Claude Remy provides a chronological analysis of the evolution free climbing (bouldering and difficulty). An article which clearly is not and cannot be definitive, but is merely a stimulus for further analysis and discussion about the evolution of this...
![Adam Ondra, the 8c+ on-sight interview!](/uploads/img/3/4828.jpg)
10/03/2011 - Climbing
Adam Ondra, the 8c+ on-sight interview! An exclusive interview with Adam Ondra from the Czech Republic after his outstanding 8c+ on-sights in Spain, including Bizi euskaraz 8c+ at Etxauri.
![Adam Ondra and the first 8c on-sight in Italy](/uploads/img/3/3238.jpg)
05/05/2009 - Climbing
Adam Ondra and the first 8c on-sight in Italy A fortnight ago Adam Ondra from the Czech Republic on-sighted Italy's first 8c, Nagay at Covolo. The 16-year-old then doubled his takings with Una Vida Nomada the same day.
![Patxi Usobiaga, Action Directe and victory after defeat](/uploads/img/3/2515.jpg)
05/11/2008 - Climbing
Patxi Usobiaga, Action Directe and victory after defeat Interview with the Basque climber after his victory in the European Championship and his recent ascent of Action Direct.
![Paxti Usobiaga show: Bizi euskara first 8c+ on-sight](/uploads/img/3/1270.jpg)
13/12/2007 - Climbing
Paxti Usobiaga show: Bizi euskara first 8c+ on-sight Patxi Usobiaga, on tour and on firing form, proposes the world's first 8c+ on-sight, Bizi euskara at Etxauri, Spain.
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