“There are only limits, when you accept them.”

“Bouldering is about creativity, pushing limits. It’s my way of life.”

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🥳 COVER 🥳
always special to find your face on a cover 🤩 thx SAMOUNTAIN & @flo_scheimpflug 🔥 for this great article & @raydemski for the CoverShot!

there are still many obscurities about the bouldering & climbing area of rakchham.

Check out the full rakchham article my Friends—> link in BIO ✌️

#rakchham #boulderingplanet #boulder @rakchham.rmac @jibbinibbi @raydemski @flo_scheimpflug @rakchham_outdoors

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🥳 COVER 🥳
always special to find your face on a cover 🤩 thx SAMOUNTAIN & @flo_scheimpflug 🔥 for this great article & @raydemski for the CoverShot!

there are still many obscurities about the bouldering & climbing area of rakchham.

Check out the full rakchham article my Friends—> link in BIO ✌️

#rakchham #boulderingplanet #boulder @rakchham.rmac @jibbinibbi @raydemski @flo_scheimpflug @rakchham_outdoors

Being on a summit with your friends ❤️ can’t get much better 🥳🍀thanks for the great day 🔥🔥

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Being on a summit with your friends ❤️ can’t get much better 🥳🍀thanks for the great day 🔥🔥

Can’t believe that this session is already 14 years back 😅 but the haircut tell‘s the truth 😂🥳🙏 this was my first shooting together with @raydemski - afterwards ray started bouldering & found his love for the mountains 🥳🍀🔥🦅
#berlin #moleculeman #longtimeago 🔥

📸 @raydemski

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Can’t believe that this session is already 14 years back 😅 but the haircut tell‘s the truth 😂🥳🙏 this was my first shooting together with @raydemski - afterwards ray started bouldering & found his love for the mountains 🥳🍀🔥🦅
#berlin #moleculeman #longtimeago 🔥

📸 @raydemski

What are you looking for in 2023 🤔

Contentment, peace, friendship , health or are looking for more adrenaline, adventure, more power & new projects ?

#becurius #bebrave #keepgoing #verleihtflügel ❤️

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What are you looking for in 2023 🤔

Contentment, peace, friendship , health or are looking for more adrenaline, adventure, more power & new projects ?

#becurius #bebrave #keepgoing #verleihtflügel ❤️

KEEP ON FLYING 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅

🥳on ❤️the🔥 rocks🍀2022❤️

Thanks life - let’s make our world better in 2023 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀 take care my friends & all the best wishes for you ❤️❤️

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KEEP ON FLYING 🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅

🥳on ❤️the🔥 rocks🍀2022❤️

Thanks life - let’s make our world better in 2023 🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀🍀 take care my friends & all the best wishes for you ❤️❤️

My time in the Himalayas has come to an end ❤️
#mountains #boulders #passion #nature #love

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My time in the Himalayas has come to an end ❤️
#mountains #boulders #passion #nature #love

🎁🎁🎁FA. “FIRST TRY” 🎁🎁🎁

Got my xmas present already 🙂 It's one of the best Boulders in the world & actually it feels more like a "lifetime" präsent to me 🤩 The shape, the perfect rock, the setting & the holds are just so pure & unique. I found this rock back in 2012 & I had the feeling it will not give so much work. Back then 1-4-8 campusing was standard training, & since the crimp was just 135cm away, I thought I just do it....

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🎁🎁🎁FA. “FIRST TRY” 🎁🎁🎁

Got my xmas present already 🙂 It's one of the best Boulders in the world & actually it feels more like a "lifetime" präsent to me 🤩 The shape, the perfect rock, the setting & the holds are just so pure & unique. I found this rock back in 2012 & I had the feeling it will not give so much work. Back then 1-4-8 campusing was standard training, & since the crimp was just 135cm away, I thought I just do it. ( other athletes had the same feeling ) The years passed & it was hard to keep up motivation sometimes, because it always felt the same. Last year, during our movie production, —> ( Rakchham, Bridge between the worlds" / link in BIO ) I had some good sessions together with Giuliano Cameroni on it, but again it didn't happen. This year I came back with not much expectations. In summer I hurt my shoulder & I wasn't sure if I can try hard this saison. After a few weeks of Reha bouldering in RAKCHHAM I was happily surprised that this move didn't cause any pain, and suddenly I was on 🔥🔥🔥

This is the MOVE I tried most in my bouldering life time 🤣✌️🥳 & over the years we had many discussions about the difficulty🔥 But how to grade a one move wonder? Can one move be 8b+? Maybe @will_bosi just comes around one day & makes it first try. That would be fantastic 🥳 By the way: there is obvious sit-down to this line & I am locking forward to see that going down. I will move on to "longer" problems now 🙂

FINALLY: BIG BIG THANKS to @koraksanyal & @spandan_sanyal for the great time 🥳 the motivation🔥 & spirit for this journey. Without u guys it might not happen this year again. looking forward to see you again next year 🍀🙏✌️🔥❤️

I wish you all a beautiful & relaxed xmas time with your beloved ones.

📸 @raydemski

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“Push the sky away”

Not sure why I am loving these small & painful holds🤣🙏✌️🔥🥳🚫🍀❤️🔥🙏✌️🙏🥰🎁🚫😂🌞

“Push the sky away” still waits for the FA. I projected this line more than 3 years & on my best try I broke a crucial foothold. I thought it’s not possible for me anymore & I also lost motivation after so many years of projecting. Now I am getting closer again & the top out jug is in reach again 🤩💪 ...

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“Push the sky away”

Not sure why I am loving these small & painful holds🤣🙏✌️🔥🥳🚫🍀❤️🔥🙏✌️🙏🥰🎁🚫😂🌞

“Push the sky away” still waits for the FA. I projected this line more than 3 years & on my best try I broke a crucial foothold. I thought it’s not possible for me anymore & I also lost motivation after so many years of projecting. Now I am getting closer again & the top out jug is in reach again 🤩💪

📸 @raydemski

@adidasterrex @redbullaustria @fiveten_official @redbulladventure @myeisbaer @petzl_official @grasgruenherbal @evileye.eyewear @ropeless @galtuer_com

FA. „Keep it save in the mountains“ ❤️🙏🍀 another amazing fresh hard testpiece in Rakchham ❤️

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FA. „Keep it save in the mountains“ ❤️🙏🍀 another amazing fresh hard testpiece in Rakchham ❤️

#impossible is nothing🤩🥳

🤩 for years I passed this little beautiful wall & I also discussed with my friends about this boulder. 30 degree's overhanging, some good crimps to start but the upper part just blank. on the first view.
on a closer lock I found 2 features - a 2mm three finger crimp and a tiny two finger crimp. I couldn't imagine to hold my bodyweight on these sharp & painful features, not to mention to jump from there. in October I stood below ...

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#impossible is nothing🤩🥳

🤩 for years I passed this little beautiful wall & I also discussed with my friends about this boulder. 30 degree's overhanging, some good crimps to start but the upper part just blank. on the first view.
on a closer lock I found 2 features - a 2mm three finger crimp and a tiny two finger crimp. I couldn't imagine to hold my bodyweight on these sharp & painful features, not to mention to jump from there. in October I stood below the cliff again & I tried to lift of the ground. it happened maybe for a seconds until I was back on the ground. the sharp edge of the crimp just goes through the skin like a knife through butter.

a few days ago I was there with @andersbukker . it didn't look promising, but then suddenly I catched the lip & topped it out. maybe one of the hardest single moves I ever done?
#neversaynever 😉

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DEFINING MOMENTS

APRIL 15, 2001

Dreamtime
Tessin, Switzerland

The world’s hardest boulder problem of that time, Dreamtime was the first boulder graded with Fb.8C, opened by legendary Fred Nicole. With this ascent I caught widespread public attention and suddenly stood in the limelight.

MARCH 15, 2003

Boulderer of the Year
Climbing Magazine, USA

In 2003 I was honored for my achievements by renowned Climbing magazine and became the first European climber to win the title: “Boulderer Of The Year“.

OCTOBER 23, 2007

Anam Cara
Galtür, Austria

In 2005 doctors told me for the first time that I will never will be able to crimp on small edges with my left hand again because of a bad finger injury. They told me I will never do hard boulders again, but two years later I proved myself that I can hang on the wildest crimpers again and work on impossible looking features. Anam Cara was big step in my climbing career and mental development … plus, it was one of the hardest climbs in the world back in the day.

APRIL 1, 2009

From the Dirt Grows the Flower
Chironico, Switzerland

Back in 2009: Worldwide, there have been only a few boulder problems and climbers who climbed in the grade 8C. In these days there have been lots of grade discussions within the climbing scene and rumors spreading the web. After making hard first ascents in my home areas of Austria, it was about time to check out “the new standard” put up by US climber Dave Graham and give it a try.

MARCH 11, 2010

Secrets
Switzerland

A two-hour hike into unknown mountain regions and this crazy rock formation was mine. One of my personal top dream lines, unrepeated!

SEPTEMBER 5, 2009

Molecule Man
Berlin, Germany

That would be a great picture my friend told me, while we were on a sightseeing tour in Berlin. A few days later I climbed the Molecule Man statue in the early morning. It was a special event in my life and the view from the top over Berlin was just a unique ... so was the boat ride. 🙂

JUNE 11, 2013

Shantaram
Osen, Norway

Many boulders have inspired me. Shantaram on the small island of Osen, Norway blew my mind. Linking its 23 holds together seemed utopian to me during my first five-week trip in 2012 but inspired by the unique mix of ocean and rocks a year later, I finally conquered the exit handle after another five weeks of intense attempts.

MAY 27, 2015

29.DOTS
Valle dell' Orco, Italy

For many 29.DOTS (Fb.8a+) would have been a sport climb, for me it was the tallest boulder I ever climbed. A very special moment in my climbing career with special preparation to climb such a tall boulder and difficult line without a rope.

APRIL 1, 2017

Into the Sun
Murgtal, Switzerland

After my bad accident on December 29th, 2015 doctors told me I would never climb hard again. 489 days after this fall I succeeded in making the first free ascent. Into the Sun is graded 8c+, as such it checks in as one of the hardest trad climbs in the world, but, far more importantly, it marks an important comeback.

MAY 5, 2019

Il Colonel
Valle dell' Orco

Il Colonel, in the Italian region of Piemont, is an uncompromising dream of a climb. Italian Niky Ceria put up the standstart back in 2017, and right after climbing the standstart, I started looking for a way to solve this sitstart problem. I already had a possible sequence in my mind back in 2015, but I was just too weak after the accident to do so. It remained a dream until 2019. After lots of training and rehabilitation I finally was able to add two super hard moves to the existing boulder problem.

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Grenzenlos
Valle dell' Orco (Italy)

One of the wildest climbs I ever did; very powerful & technical climbing with poor protection. Once you reach the no fall zone, you must be 100% committed to get to the top. This is one of the most beautiful lines I ever climbed. I am so grateful …

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Bernd Zangerl was born in 1978 in Flirsch am Arlberg, a small village located in the western part of Tyrol. Being surrounded by mountains, it didn´t take long until small Bernd started to get drawn to the majestic, mysterious and seemingly endless world of ridges, glaciers, gorges and peaks that stretched beyond his front door.

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