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With a bit of delay, but still from the heart, we wish you a happy new year 2023. Let this year bring you many clipped anchors of amazing routes in beautiful climbing areas with your best friends.

With this occasion we have prepared a bit of Istrian climbing statistics for the year 2022.

A lot of routes were climbed last year in Istria. The hardest achievements can be found here down low.

Adam Ondra striked again and did the hardest onsight in Istria ever, Water world (9a), in the big cave of Osp.

Only 13 years old Andrea Chelleris ticked the hardest route by his age in Istria, Martin Krpan (9a), in Mišja peč. The same route was done on second go by Alex Megos. Martin Krpan (9a)...

Photo @ Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas to all the climbers of Istria!

December in Istria was so so considering the weather and conditions for climbing. That is why we didn't receive neither publish many climbing news. Of course, there were some nice and sunny days, so here are the climbing news.

Trieste based local climber, Luca Bacer, has climbed his hardest route until now, the first part of roofy Sanjski par (8c+), in Mišja peč. Now for the extension Luca!

12 years old Tia Brnot Mrak sent another 8a, this time she did the beatiful Zadnja skušnjava (8a) in sunny sector Babna, in Osp. Here is the video of her ascent.

The weather forecast for Christmas and New Year's holidays looks...

Jernej Kruder in Tedi's cave in Mišja peč @ photo Jaka Ivančič

On Saint Nicholas day Jernej Kruder got a present, his 10th route in the 9th grade, Sanjski par extension (9a) in Tedi's cave, in the left part of Mišja peč. After countless tries and many years of struggling in the route, he finally managed to clip the chains of this 20 meters long roof. You can read some history of the route here.

Now the new discussion is opened, kneepads!? The route was first ascended without them, but now some climbers use them. So, is that OK or not? Please, comment on our Facebook page!

Eva Vidmar climbed her hardest route, the first part of beautiful Chiquita (8a) in Mišja peč. Croatian, Nikola Kramarić, visited...

Adam Ondra onsighting Water world (9a) in Osp cave @ photo from Adam Ondra's Facebook profile

Adam Ondra has visited the big cave of Osp where in two days onsighted Water world (9a), Osapska pošast (8c) and Baram Baram (8a).

Water world (9a) is Adam's third 9a onsight ever. He found the route soft for the grade (especially with the use of kneepads), but rather hard to onsight it as it's not quite obvious. He commented: "An amazing line from Klemen Bečan had attracted me for a while, and I am glad I was patient to catch the right moment. One of my proudest achievements."

Water world (9a) was bolted and first ascended by Klemen Bečan back in 2014. It is a 55 meters long and very steep route. The first 20 meters are...

Photo @ Mišja peč

Jakob Bizjak ticked one of the routes from his wish-list, Martin Krpan (9a) in the right part of Mišja peč. The first Slovene 9a and the third one for Jakob. Big congrats, Jakob Bizjak - Bizi! Some history about the route you can find here.

Another Slovene climber, Janez Miklavčič, climbed one of his nemesis routes, the long, kind of awkward but still very nice Gorenjski šnops (8b) in the central part of Mišja peč.

Honzal Novak from Czech republic did the classic Mrtvaški ples (8b) in the same crag.

Last time, we forgot some ascents from Pole Youth climbing team. Maja Oleksy powered thru her hardest route until now, the powerful Missing drink (8b+) in the "freezer" of Mišja...

Photo @ Sanjski par extension (9a) in the left part of Mišja peč

Mateusz Haladaj from Poland sent Sanjski par extension (9a) in Mišja peč. After falling after the last bolt last year, he came back this year with Poland Youth climbing team and clipped the chains. Mateusz has already done three 9a+'s and more than a dozen 9a's around the Europe. He found Sanjski par extension (9a) hard for its grade even using a kneepad. More information about the route you can find here. The video of his ascent can be found on his Instagram profile.

17 years old Michal Korban climbed his hardest route till now by doing the first part of Sanjski par (8c+), day after he also ticked the classic Mrtvaški ples (8b). His colleagues were also very succesfull. Jerzy...