Der junge Schweizer Topboulderer Giuliano Cameroni  kann mit „Power of Now“ einen neuen 8C Boulder in schweizerischen Magic Wood melden. Es war sein nun schon seine fünfte Erstbegehung im Grad 8C und härter. Seinen bisher schwersten Boulder „Poison the Well“ 8C+ konnte er letztes Jahr erstbegehen. Letztes Jahr gelang ihm mit “House of rising sun” als erste Kletterer überhaupt einen 8B-Boulder flash erstbegehen.

YES so psyched to have done this one, for sure one of the coolest boulders I’ve ever seen. Starts with World Cup dihedral straight into a perfect dyno to a good hold, then a few set up moves on sculpted grips lead into the crux, a huge dynamic yet technical move to the lip. The wall is around 60 degrees so although the holds are good they are so far apart that it didn’t feel possibile to stick the lip while cutting the feet. Having good sensations and enough tension on the right foot in order to stick the move became pretty mental. Getting there it’s pretty hard already, and the last move needs to be executed with the right flow. The key was to focus on the moment. So many times on dynamic moves it’s easy to start thinking. When you are free of thoughts and fear of messing up, you just focus on the now, which is an extra element that helps your way up your climb. Being in the present moment is not only necessary in climbing but it helps life in general, it gives joy and takes away weird pressure from the egoistic mind. Meditation takes away negative ideas and helps being in comfort with your whole body and respect nature and other people. Foto: (c) WithPleasure https://youtu.be/OC3sdRjqmFM