Daniel Jung has made the FA of a route he calls Jungle speed, in the La Capella- sector at Siurana. Daniel says he didn't think the project looked that hard, maybe 8b+, but that it took a long time for him to solve the single moves, which turned out to be the hardest he has [...]
Dani Andrada, who seems to be in great form at the moment (as if this wan't always the case) has made the FA of La lay innata, 8c+/9a, just to the left of the infamous FRFM-project at Margalef (Laboratoria). Close on the heels of Dani, was Ramon Julian Puigblanque. Source: Kairn and Ramon's blog
As most of you probably know already (sorry for being so slow), Adam Ondra has made the 2nd ascent of Chris Sharma's Golpe de estado, 9b, at Siurana. This is especially interesting for two reasons: 1) It's Adam's first 9b 2) It's the first 9b ever to see a 2nd ascent (Adam confirmed the grade) [...]
Adam Ondra has returned to Spain and Siurana. This time he crushed Richard Simpson's bouldery two finger pocket horror, A muerte, 9a, in 3 tries, for its fastest ascent to date. When Adam was in Spain last month, his goal was making the 2nd ascent of Chris Sharma's Golpe de estado, when he was shut down because of [...]
Last week, Iker Pou once again visited the Lleida crags. Andoni Perez reports, he first made quick work, as in two tries, of Full Equipe, ~8c, at Oliana, a route bolted by Victor Fernandez, before moving on to Margalef and the Hermita sector, where he polished off the pocket race Abanico de cristal, 8c, for its [...]