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NEWS: Pirayaklubben, 8b flash and solo by Aleksej Jaruta

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 UKC News 26 May 2015
Aleksej Jaruta on a project at Kjugekull, Sweden, 2 kbAleksej Jaruta, 17, has both flashed and soloed Pirayaklubben, 8b, at Hylteberget outside Gothenburg, Sweden.
After flashing the route, thereby becoming the first Swede to flash 8b in Sweden, Aleksej decided this wasn't enough and proceeded by soloing it without any further practice.
If the route...

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 simes303 26 May 2015
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Solo. "Solo"? He's got ten, (TEN!) pads.
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 munro 26 May 2015
In reply to simes303:

Spot on mate, you're far more of a man than he is.
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 Kemics 27 May 2015
In reply to simes303:

Would you jump off the top on to those pads?
 simes303 27 May 2015
In reply to munro:

Okay, thank you very much.
 simes303 27 May 2015
In reply to Kemics:

I'd rather not. I didn't say it was safe. But he's still got ten more pads than I would consider a true solo. Cheers. Si.
 bensilvestre 27 May 2015
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High balled would have been a fairer description, given what the yanks get up to, but fair play to the lad it looked pretty necky all the same, would still be really easy to break something from half that height
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