Akirawaku from Japan at 52 has repeated Birth of the Cool 8B+ and is now projecting an 8C+ !
Google translation from article in Up Climbing
The Japanese repeats Birth of the Cool in Shiobara
Akira Waku is a name that on UP Climbing we have already got to know and celebrate on a couple of occasions!
In 2018, at the age of 47, this Japanese climber arrived at the 8C boulder with the famous Babel line at Shiobara. In 2019, still here, he won the 8C+ of Hydrangea, another creature by Dai Koyamada, a world record considering his chronological age. To make his story even more incredible is the fact that Akira started climbing at the age of 35 without any previous physical preparation and as a complete self-taught, building his own gym…
Another four years have passed, and Waku has passed the fifty. Despite this, he continued to grind training and bouldering and always on this great roof of Shiobara on May 21st he returned to very high levels. The Japanese has in fact secured the fifth ascent of Birth of the Cool, which with its 8B+ could set another record at 52! Moreover, Akira has announced his next project: the 8C+ of Nexus.
