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Hirayama repeats 5.14d (=F9a?)

The remarkable Yuji Hirayama has repeated one of Tommy Caldwell's 5.14d (that's top, top, top level) routes, Kryptonite, in Colorado. It's the second ascent of the route, first done in 1999, and Hirayama is still mulling the grade.

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Yuji Hirayama
Saitama-ken

Yuji Hirayama, born on February 23, 1969 is a Japanese rock climber who has excelled in most forms of the sport since the mid-1980s. He has won World Cups, climbed up to 9a+, set speed records on El Capitan,...

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