 02 December 2003 - 08:00:00 Posted by Freak Dai Koyamada & Tokio Muroi hard bouldering action
Hard asiatic bouldering action: Dai Koyamada has apparently opened Byaku-dou "8c or harder"
at Horai: the problem crosses a huge roof.
It seems that Tokio Muroi has put up a new "8C or harder" at Ogawayama, Japan. The new problem is a slab. Sushi does miracles!
Dai said:
"I have been working on making the hard problems through this year in Japan and I first ascended the new 8C at Hourai, Aichi prefecture, Japan on 18. Nov. The problem is
called Byaku-dou (the meaning is "the road to the heaven" in the Buddist world), 8C, which is 150-160 degree roof, is separated to two parts with 22 moves, the first part is made from many tricky moves
graded 8B and the second part is 8A+ which has a dynamic dyno. Just then, I was with Fred Rouhling, who tried the route and said the Byaku-dou is
harder than Dreamtime, 8C. I myself think the grade of
this problem is at least 8C."
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