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5.14 Trad By Yuji Hirayama During Visit To Italy

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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 comments

  1. Spro1

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

    1. Narc

      Yeah, he's a truly amazing climber.

  2. matt

    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

  3. dom

    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?

    1. Narc

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