Summer is gone, Sendtember is here!

Almost all the latest hard-core climbing news from Istria in the last days come from the beautiful secret crag close to Sežana called Skedenj. Of course, after the whole partly dry summer the perfect conditions arrived in this spectacular cave, so also these achievements in compare to the shape of our climbers over there are no surprise at all. So what were the highlights of the

Katja Kadić, member of Slovenian Bouldering Team, redpointed Attila (8c/c+) in Italian secret spot Baratro in just five tries. Attila is about 15 meters long, really steep on mostly artificial crimps and is a pure power endurance testpiece. This is far hardest redpoint for 21 years old Katja. To make a day perfect, she finished it with clipping the chains of other two 8a+'s: Dubbio

Last week Klemen Kejžar flashed his first 8b+ ever, Supercanna or also named Il ritorno di Placcoman in Baratro. The route in the middle of the cave is around 20 to 25 meters long characterized by pure power endurance and is surprisingly one of the most natural routes of Baratro. Bravo Klemen! Besides he also climbed in his first try the »last addition« of Baratro, the

The perfect summer venues , that are secret because of the private property and small parking places, saw some hard ticks last week when the conditions were perfect for climbing. In Skedenj near Sežana, Matej Sova made the second repeat of recently broken Vision, now with the grade of 8b+ characterized by a hard morphological boulder at the start passing the horizontal roof. Kadja Kadič climbed Happy

The hardest route climbed last week in Istria was for sure Attila (8c/c+), a very artificial 15 meters long, really steep power endurance testpiece of Baratro. It was climbed by Slovenians Klemen Kejžar and Žiga Debevec. For Žiga this was his first 8c or more. Great work guys! Another record was achieved in the big cave of Osp, where Peter Juvan succeeded in his first 8b

Biggest news from the last days comes from the legend of Slovenian sports climbing, 49 years old restless Franci Jensterle who just fired his long term project, Bimba Yena (8c/c+) in Baratro. Bimba Yena was first ascended by Matej Sova back in 2007. It is around 20 meters long route, characterized by athletes’ requirement of extreme power endurance on crimps, sloppers and sideholds. Bravo Frenk! Also

Mia Krampl trying Sežana 31249 (8b) @photo by her coach Anže Štremfelj Couple of days ago 16 years old Mia Krampl, last year’s European Youth Champion in lead, succeeded in her first 8a+ onsight. She fired the classic crimpy endurance testpiece called Sex and Candy in the secret crag of Skedenj near Sežana. The route is about 25 meters long and quite overhanging. It has one good

A month ago or so Benjamin Marjanovič bolted a new project in the big cave of Osp. The route starts as famous Tržaška (7b), following it for the first couple of bolts in the slab, always full of dusty holds. Then it turns right into the big overhang at the beginning full of stalactites and after continuing on some good edges, crimps, and sloppers to get

In this hot summer it is hard to get motivated and to climb 30+ meters endurance routes also in the shade. If you are on holidays in Istria or just on a short weekend trip don't forget on possibility of having fun on the rocks just above the sea…the sport called deep water soloing. There are quite a few very nice destinations to go to.

Photo @ summer sector called Befana in Buzetski kanjon In Baratro, Andrea Padoan climbed L'impero dei sensi (8b+), the route that was bolted and manufactured by Ciano, the owner of the best climbing gym in Trieste called Gravita Zero. The young and strong Luca Bacer from Trieste fired the classic Sežana 31249 (8b) and Klemen Kejžar clipped the chains of bouldery Onda anomala (8b) in always fresh crag Skedenj that