After the World Cup in Meiringen last weekend, this weekend in Moscow continued. Jernej Kruder won with the men and Janja Garnbret with the ladies. Petra Klingler took the best Swiss placing in bouldering with 8. The best placement for Germany was won by Jan Hojer with the 12. Rank. For the Austrians, Jessica Pilz secured a top 10 placement with the 5. Rank.
On the weekend of April 13 and 14, 2019, Europe's largest bouldering hall will open its doors in Dortmund's Indupark. The Boulderwelt Dortmund offers a wide range of activities for all age groups and every climbing level on an area of 3250 square meters. With the opening, the "Boulderwelt" chain of bouldering halls grows to a total of five branches.
Next weekend, the second IFSC World Cup of the season takes place in the disciplines of bouldering and speed. Here you can find all information about it.
A short film by The North Face released a few days ago shows James Pearson and his wife Caroline Ciavaldini on their trip to Japan to face a new challenge in waterfall climbing, also known as "Sawanobori". The two were accompanied on their adventure by Japanese climbers Yuji Hirayama and Toru Nakajma.
Ticino is currently the post office. Almost weekly heavy new lines are first arrived. The latest coup succeeds the American Jimmy Webb with the commission of Ephyra (8c +) in Chironico.
The British Maddy Cope manages the redpoint ascent of the Trad route principle hope (8b / +, E9 / 10) on the Bürser plate. She is the third person to score the route in recent weeks.
