Martin Stranik commits four 8er-Boulder in one day

Czech climber Martin Stranik made the Boulder Karate Kid (8b), Tlustej Talisman (8a + / b), Sicarios (8b) and Sicario's Extension (8b +) last week on a single day. He even climbed the line Sicarios flash.

Since the temperatures are slightly lower, the number of reports of heavy inspections in European areas is increasing. So also in the Elbe Valley in the north of the Czech Republic. Martin Stranik gets four heavy inspections in one day.

“I've already tried to flash a few 8b boulders, but I always made a small mistake. Now everything fit together so that I could flash this endurance boulder. "

Martin Stranik on the commission of Sicarios in the Elbe Valley

On the same day of the 8b Flash Commitment, Martin made short work of three more boulders in Eighth French: Tlustej Talisman (8a + / b), Karate Kid (8b) and the extension of the 8b flash boulder Sicarios Extension (8b +).

“Sicarios is similar to Riverbed in Magic Wood. Above all, the boulder demands endurance and does not have a particularly difficult key point "

Sicarios was first brought to 2018 by Martin Jungling.

Martin Stranik at the Flash-Tour of the 8b-Boulder Sicarios

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