5.14 Trad By Yuji Hirayama During Visit To Italy

Posted October 27, 2011 at 9:45 am · Comments { 5 } ·

PlanetMountain has a report from Yuji Hirayama about a recent visit to Italy that included a second try ascent of the trad line Greenspit (5.14-).

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5 Responses to 5.14 Trad By Yuji Hirayama During Visit To Italy

  1. Spro1 October 27, 2011 at 10:51 am #

    I wish Yuji had more exposure in the States… Guy crushes in every rock discipline, and is so incredibly humble about it.

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    • Narc October 27, 2011 at 1:23 pm #

      Yeah, he’s a truly amazing climber.

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  2. matt October 27, 2011 at 3:55 pm #

    and he’s pushing 75!  i mean steve hong, i mean timmy fairfield, i mean ben moon, i mean malcon smith, i mean hans florine, i mean francios legrand, i mean joe brooks.  eitherway, i want to know more about these aging crushers

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  3. dom October 27, 2011 at 4:01 pm #

    The article also mentions he onsighted an 8a+ (13c) trad route, which I think is the bigger news. Has a trad route that hard ever been onsighted before?

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    • Narc October 31, 2011 at 9:53 am #

      Good point and good question. I would guess yes, but I can’t think of any specific examples off the top of my head.

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