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Yuji Hirayama onsights an 8c!

The French web site Kairn.com is reporting that, on October 5, Yuji Hirayama onsighted the route Zombi, 8c at Balzola in Spain.
Yuji - "I had to wait three days to get the right conditions before I could finally achieve my objective for the year and I am now very happy to have established a new record for onsight climbing".
He has now set his sights on the even harder challenge of onsighting a route of 8c+ or even 9a!

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Yuji Hirayama
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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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7 Oct, 2004
where is that?
7 Oct, 2004
Basque region of Spain
7 Oct, 2004
7 Oct, 2004
He says he's now off to France to try some 9As on sight.
7 Oct, 2004
Isn't Sloper Irish? I'm inclined to agree with you on the first bit. On the second premise: it's better than watching TV and getting fat (waste not waist, BTW).
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