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NEWS: Sam Weir climbs Hazel Grace sit, 8C/8C+

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By Xa White
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Sam Weir has made the fourth ascent of Giuliano Cameroni's Gotthard Pass boulder, Hazel Grace Sit-Start (8C/8C+). Giuliano Cameroni on the First Ascent of Hazel Grace Sit-Start, 8C+ The boulder adds two additional hand moves and a technical heel hook to the 8B+ stand start Hazel Grace (f8B+).
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NEWS: Iñi Ameriketan, 9a+, for Ainhize Belar

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By Xa White
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Ainhize Belar has become the first Spanish woman to climb 9a+, with her ascent of Iñi Ameriketan (9a+), at Baltzola, Spain. The route, which was bolted by Iñi Basterra, was first climbed in 2002 by Rikar Otegi and was graded 9a. Patxi Usobiaga made the second ascent a year later in 2003, and confirmed the grade.
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NEWS: Two 8c multi-pitch repeats for Jacopo Larcher and Babsi Zangerl

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By Xa White
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Over the past couple of weeks, Jacopo Larcher and Babsi Zangerl have made multiple multi-pitch ascents at 8c in the Rätikon mountain range, in the Central Eastern Alps. The first of these routes, The Gift, 8c, covers seven pitches in total and is 350 metres in length. It is protected through a combination of trad gear on the lower pitches and bolts for the upper crux pitches.
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