Ω Ivan Vostinar is something of solo force in the New Zealand bouldering scene at present. While most boulderers have gone into summer hibernation, the beast from the east continued his pre-Xmas rampage by adding a new V10 at the Rak on Sunday. The now-so-called Passive Attack is a right hand exit to his excellent problem Attack V7, with a huge span and some committing toe hook malarkey over the pit of death.
After “50 starts” the Vos also grabbed the second ascent of Noir Désir V9. He thought it was probably V9. Ω
Ω Wellington climber Ivan Vostinar is just back from a busy week at Wuthering Heights, where he opened several new problems including The Engorger V9 (”SS (1st crux) then long traverse R on slopers to 2nd crux”), Powerlicious V9 (”Four beast moves from ss”) and Slap Attack V7/8 (”SS undercling and big move to sloper top-out”) along with a handful of V6s and V7s. He is nothing if not prolific Ω
Ω Out from under his rock, Ivan Vostinar (also known as “The Beast from the East”, “The Floating Czech” and, amongst certain numbers of the fairer sex, “Vos The Sos”) has opened a new V9 in the Bronx Cave at Turakirae Head. The problem, Baguette, is a second variant to Toast, climbing slightly right of the main problem. With extremely impressive form on plastic, it is only a matter of time before the Vos opens something truly hard at the Rak. Watch this space Ω
