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NEWS: Best Week of Climbing Ever?.....Patxi Usobiaga..9a+ etc..

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 Michael Ryan 03 Dec 2007
Patxi Usobiaga has concluded perhaps the most impressive week in sport-climbing history by repeating La Novena Enmienda (5.15a/9a+) at Santa Linya, Spain which was established in 2005 by Dani Andrada and graded 5.15a/b (9a+/9b). .......

he also redpointed La Rambla (5.15a..9a+) two hours after finishing Estado Critico (5.14c/d..8c+/9a)

Read more, lots more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/
In reply to Mick Ryan - Editor - UKC:

Unbelieveable. Simply unbelieveable
 Alex1 04 Dec 2007
In reply to Mick Ryan - Editor - UKC:

Total Machine
 TRNovice 04 Dec 2007
In reply to necromancer85:

I feel that some one should post something about the environmental aspect of sport climbing here - rusty bolts or summat.

Great achievements BTW.
 Tris 04 Dec 2007
In reply to Mick Ryan - Editor - UKC: Wow - that is incredible!!!

He is superhuman...

Surely he must win sport-climber of the year?
Profanisaurus Rex 04 Dec 2007
In reply to Mick Ryan - Editor - UKC:

But what's he ever done on grit, eh?

Thought I'd get that one in...
In reply to Mick Ryan - Editor - UKC: er....Wow.
 GrahamD 04 Dec 2007
In reply to Mick Ryan - Editor - UKC:

At the risk of being accused of getting off topic - why are the grades quoted as US grades ? I thought Spain used the French system ?
 catt 04 Dec 2007
In reply to GrahamD:

It's a US article.
 ksjs 05 Dec 2007
In reply to Mick Ryan - Editor - UKC: sorry to be a pedant but he did Estado Critico after La Rambla:

http://www.patxiusobiaga.com/
Txarli 05 Dec 2007
In reply to necromancer85:

He is not superhuman ... he is Basque!
 Seymore Butt 05 Dec 2007
In reply to A Longleat Boulderer:
> (In reply to Mick Ryan - Editor - UKC)
>
> Unbelieveable. Simply unbelieveable


What're you trying to say, you don't beleive it?
 nz Cragrat 08 Dec 2007
In reply to GrahamD:
> (In reply to Mick Ryan - Editor - UKC)
>
> At the risk of being accused of getting off topic - why are the grades quoted as US grades ? I thought Spain used the French system ?

That is a beef I have had with several magazines and web news - they should in my view quote the local grade first and then whatever translated grade is - so Fr/US - if only as a matter of respect and getting it right in the grade translation
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