Новости для оптимистов

Вычитал на сайте 8a.nu в разделе новостей:

37-year-old, Stephan Schibli, from Cham, Switzerland, has after a long and hard preparation redpointed with Aragon his third 9a. Moreover, this is only one hard route of his outstanding first ascents during the last few years. Stephan works almost full-time, is the father of two children and still has time to improve his climbing abilities! Respect and congratulations!

И вот еще что порадовало:

Webmaster has until 2007 been a 7a top rope guy since he joined 8a in 2003. No progress, just cruising along in the comfort zone looking at the scenery. What is the secret for five 7b+ and harder in 2008?

"I guess it is a combination of ambition, closed crimp, fear and fighting. As soon as I started to stick some dynamic moves this spring, leaving the comfort zone, I got addicted to the adrenaline rush and how small things can make such a big difference. It is also about getting the fingers outside the keyboard and instead getting the thumb over the fingers and start liking the pain."

Ну как можно прокомментировать, ставить на себе крест еще рановато, все-таки 6 лет еще до 9a есть. Хоть сезон закончился будем давить зацепы, глядишь боль начнет нравится. Ну и "лазить, лазить, лазить..."