In a thrilling final, which could hardly be outgunned in terms of drama, Juliane Wurm from Germany and Jernej Kruder from Slovenia claimed the highly paid adidas ROCKSTAR title this weekend. 70 of the world’s best bouldering athletes from 20 different countries travelled to Stuttgart, Germany, to experience a top-class bouldering invitational competition in the modern Porsche-Arena.
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Excerpt from ‘The Asgard Project’. Here we see climbers Leo Houlding and Carlos Suarez on an adrenaline fuelled training trip for Baffin Island. Enjoy all the thrills and spills as Leo and Carlos attempt to climb two separate 300m towers in just two hours. Don’t forget your chalk bags and belay devices guys…(!)
September 13 to 14 2013, Stuttgart (Germany) – The countdown is on. It will not be long and the who’s who of the international competition-climbing scene will meet for the second time in Stuttgart’s Porsche-Arena. For the crowning finale of the season Stuttgart is looking forward to see Rockstars 2012 winners Alex Puccio (USA) and Sean Mc Coll (CAN) facing defending World Champions Dmitrii Sharafutdinov (RUS) and Mélanie Sandoz (FRA) as well as Boulder World Cup winners Akiyo Noguchi (JPN) and Rustam Gelmanov (RUS). All in all 70 invited athletes from 20 different countries gather in Baden-Württemberg’s capital to compete in the disciplines Bouldering and Lead.