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thomasribiere


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History of 5.14a onsight
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1995 : Elie Chevieux (Switzerland) "Massey Ferguson in Grotte de l'Ours, France.

1996 : Elie Chevieux again, "Maldita Maria", Cuenca, Spain.

1999 (only!) : Yuji Hirayama (Japan), "Mortal Kombat" in castillon, France.

2000 : Yuji Hirayama again, "Follia esplosiva", Tende, Italie.

2002 : Cristian Brenna (Italy), Steve McClure (country?), Christian Bindhammer (Germany), Chris Sharma (USA), Tomas Mrazek (?), Pablo Barbero (Spain).

5.14a has exploded this year!

From Grimper #66, november 2002 - january 2003, page 5.



micronut


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thomas, they said on 8a.nu that a route Garth Miller on-sighted back in like '98 has been up-graded to .14a, so now Garth's in again. These guys are doing two in a day now


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