This autumn the 15 year-old Ukrainian climber Zhenja Kazbekova came away from Kalymnos with an impressive tick list including the onsight of Super Priapos 8a+ at Grande Grotta. According to 8a.nu, in 2010 she won the Youth Worlds and did her first 8b+ at age 13; her mother Nataliya has a silver and bronze in the Boulder World Championship, while her father Serik placed 2nd in the Boulder World Championship in 1999 and the World Championship in 2005, 4th in bouldering and 7th in lead. Photographer and chief editor of Mountain.RU Anna Piunova was there to photograph Zhenja and to send us a detailed list of her climbs below.
Sector Grande Grotta:
Aegalis 7c onsight
Zawinul Syndicate 7c/c+ onsight
Fun de Chichunne 8a onsight
Punto Caramelo 8a+ second go
Super Priapos 8a+ onsight
Sector Odyssey:
Sirene 7c onsight
Sector Arhi:
Los Rocos di Cantalos 7c onsight
Sector Spartacus:
Daniboy 8a second go
Spartacus Maximus 7b+ onsight
For more photos of Zhenja Kazbekova climbing in Kalymnos please click here.
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Here is a Kazbekovs family interview of how to live as a rock climber in Ukraine: http://www.8a.nu/?IncPage=http%3A//www.8a.nu/articles/ShowArticle.aspx%3FArticleId%3D7835