Author: Klemen Vodlan

It’s not only happening on Octoberfest, f… Rocktober is in Istria! Good conditions are here, enthusiastic climbers are filling the crags, and nature makes you feel nice and warm in it's autumn colors. Let's start with the queen of our climbing areas, Mišja peč. Young and strong guns Klemen Novak and Matevž Stopar both redpointed Lahko noč Irena (8b) in a burning sunny day and Australian Heather Trevarthen smashed

Istarske toplice @photo by Anja Bečan Klemen Bečan was climbing in Istria during his training camp. In between he managed some first ascents in Istarske toplice. First he onsighted Panino con tutto for which he proposed a grade around 8a, afterwards he onsighted as well a project left from Fino a qui tutto bene (8b+) for which he proposed a grade of 8b and named it

Luca Bacer in Le terme del musico (8c) in Baratro @ photo by Elena Facco Lots of people would think that rain might have destroyed hard ascents in Istria but it was just the opposite. Young and strong Trieste based local climber Luca Bacer succeeded in one of the rare ascents of Le terme del musico (8c) in Baratro. It is a direct start on super small

Urša Florjančič in Sex and candy (8a+) in Skedenj close to Sežana Last week’s highlights in sport climbing in Istria were for sure strong girls’ ascents. Mina Markovič took a break from her routine training in the gym for the upcoming lead World Cups and visited Baratro, where she managed the one-day ascent of Il sicario sanguinario, the classic crimpy endurance test piece graded 8c. Wuau Mina,

Photo @ Martin Wagner in La peste nera (8b+) in Baratro Martin Wagner from Germany finished his hard endurance fight with La peste nera (8b+) in Baratro, secret crag above Trieste, which he also rebolted back in June. Here is the link to his nice video climbing this route! Andrea Padoan, Trieste based and Baratro local, clipped the chains of Hercules (8b+) in the central part of

Jure Piršič in between the tufas of Osapska pošast (8c) in the cave of Osp @ photo by Suzana Uršič Jure Piršič climbed his first 8c by clipping the chains of 55 meters long marathon route in the big cave of Osp, “Osapska pošast” alias “The monster from Osp”! Bravo Jure ;) The author of the just mentioned route, Klemen Bečan, is back in Slovenia. He used

Goran Matika on the first repeat of Starec in morje (8c) in Limski kanal @ photo by Enna Peroš Jaka Šprah was on summer holidays in Istria where in between swimming in the Adriatic Sea bagged the 2nd repeat of Starec in morje (8c) in Limski kanal. The route was first ascended by Slovenian climbing legend Franci Jensterle a couple of years ago and later repeated

Hassan Mirzahosseini in Šatida Bagaba (6a+) in the cave of Osp @ photo by Klemen Bečan The summer heat is fully on, the temps got higher than 30 degrees Celsius, but some climbers just can't resist climbing in the »fresh« climbing areas. Klemen Bečan returned back to Slovenia, and immediately went to his home crag the big cave of Osp, where for training he repeated his classics

Gianfranco Dušić in Finta di mona (8b+) @ photo from his FB A couple of days back Gianfranco Dušić redpointed one of the steepest projects in Istria, the old Stefanos Varnerins project to the left of Izvor života (8a) in Buzetski kanjon, sector Slap (Waterfall). Now the route has a name Finta di mona and it's proposed grade is 8b+. Gianfranco claims it as his super antystyle, as

Ana Ogrinc in Baratroneta (8a+), Baratro @ photo by Elena Facco Summer is here and some climbers just don't care about it! Ana Ogrinc visited the big cave in Osp where she redpointed the tufa paradise extension of Trojanski konj (7c+) named Laokoon with the grade of 8a. A couple of days later she went climbing in Baratro, secret cave above Trieste where she ticked Baratroneta (8a+).