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NEWS: Nalle Hukkataival repeats Gioia, ~8C+

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 UKC News 23 Feb 2014
Nalle Hukkataival on his new project outside Helsinki, 4 kbNalle Hukkataival has repeated Christian Core's Gioia, ~8C+, at Varazze, Italy.
Nalle's ascent was the third, after Core and Adam Ondra.
Originally given 8C by Core, both he and Adam Ondra has since suggested it's probably more 8C+, but it's too early to say it's confirmed at that grade. Nalle's...

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 bender 24 Feb 2014
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Strange to see no real comments. IMHO an outstanding performance. Too bad Gaskins never tried this one in his prime and compared it to his hardest problems. Would clear up a lot on how hard all these hardest problems are. The likes of Ondra and other fantastic climbers try to clear this up for us mere mortals, but it's so difficult to grasp this. And b.t.w. Mr. Gaskins, it's edges and they need to be done half to full crimp. Maybe something to do on your retirement
In reply to bender:

I'd love to hear of the bouldering whizz kids on something Gaskins related... would be very interested to see what they think.

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