Archive for May 2014

Brothers in arms: meet David and Ruben Firnenburg

Main pageDavid and Ruben Firnenburg are some of the most promising young guns around, being among the five youngest people ever to redpoint 9a.
Born respectively in 1995 and 1997, they made the headlines multiple times last winter, as they sent a number of hard routes in Catalunya.
However, hard sends are not the only thing that makes them special. Despite their young age, they have very interesting opinions and a great awareness regarding important topics such as perceived grades, long-term projecting and access issues…

 

Photo: David and Ruben Firnenburg © Firnenburg Archive

 

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The Ideal Gym – pt.2 – Boulders for strength and technique

Sheffield's extraordinaire Shauna Coxsey bouldering © bergleben.deA bouldering wall is the basic structure on which you can train proper climbing movement and therefore elements of climbing performance such as strength, power and technique.
Yet, not many climbing walls make the best of their boulder walls, often sacrificing them under a number of aspects in favour of their taller brothers: the walls for rope climbing.
But here are a few great things that we have observed across various gyms and that we are now putting together for you.

 

Photo: Shauna Coxsey at the 2013 Boulder WC stage of Munich © bergleben.de

 

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