Easter holidays in Istria were packed with climbers. Peter Kuric from Slovakia made an impressive ascent of the Sanjski par extension (9a) in Mišja peč, on his fifth try. He first tackled the challenging first pitch (8c+). The second attempt was close, but he fell just one move before reaching the top. After resting for 10 minutes, he tried again and sent it on the third attempt. After he checked the moves in the 9a extension. He then took a break for the rest of the day and managed to climb the extension on his first attempt the following morning.
Tusnady Nimrod from Hungary also had a notable achievement, sending the first part of Sanjski par, graded 8c+. That was his first climb at that difficulty level. He also successfully redpointed the long and crimpy Chiquita (8b) in the central part of Mišja peč.
Croatian climber Siniša Škalec crushed the very steep Working Class Hero (8b+) in Osp Cave on his 4th attempt. He proposed a downgrade to 8b as he found a new sequence for the first crux. In the top "easier" part of the route, he broke two holds, but this does not significantly change the route. Škalec's climbing partner, Mr. Igor Čorko, also climbed the same route on the same day.
In sector Babna, also in Osp, Peter Schwamberger from Austria onsighted the magnificent Zadnja skušnjava (8a).
Meanwhile, Žiga Sedej climbed his hardest route yet, the long traverse in the left part of Mišja peč named Mr. Big hand (8b+). In the same crag, Nejc Sitar redpointed the long classical route Sreča vrtnice (8b).
Congratulations to all the climbers!
Vojta Trojan, a strong climber from the Czech Republic, recently sent Sanjski par extension (9a) in Mišja peč. He had previously completed eight 9a routes. It took him three days to finish the first part of the route, which is graded 8c+, and another four days to clip the chains of the 9a extension. To demonstrate his good form, he also did Strelovod (8c) on his second attempt.
World Cup competitor Alex Megos repeated the first route to the left of Sanjski par extension (9a), the mythical Za staro kolo in majhnega psa (8c+), in a quick fashion. The route was first climbed by Tadej Slabe in 1992 and was one of the three hardest routes at the time, along with Action Directe and Hubble. It is a piece of climbing history, and Megos gave it a good flash try, which will be available on...