Interviews with Chris and Daila
Pierre Delás from Kairn interviewed Chris Sharma and Daila Ojeda while he was in Catalunya a while back. You can find the English versions here (Chris) and here (Daila).
The latest sends
Tom Bolger has fought his way up Open your mind direct, 9a, at Santa Linya for his 3rd of the grade: "After a couple of familiar boulder problems at the base of the crag to warm up, and waiting for the good conditions to arrive I found myself clipping the chains. Looking up at the extension shaking [...]
Yesterday, Markus Jung repeated Richard Simpson's A Muerte at Siurana, 8c+/9a, a route that's quickly becoming a hard core classic. After the FA, Richard described the route: "The route I climbed is about 20 metres long. It starts with a nasty one finger pocket, on a wall that overhangs about 25 degrees. You climb 10 [...]
Easter holiday Ramonet style
Easter is approaching, and Ramon took the opportunity to visit a few Cataluñan crags: Vilanova de Prades, Margalef and Siurana. He's mostly been relaxing on 8a-8b+ routes, but also made a typically quick ascent of Buma ye, 8c+, at Margalef. 5 tries in 2 days.
Pereira likes his coffee
Argentinian, Danilo Pereira has repeated the very steep El Templo del café, 8c+/9a, at Alquezar (Huesca). Some think it's 9a, and some, including Danilo, say 8c+.
More Margalef news: Iker repeats Víctimas Perez (9a)
Yesterday, Iker Pou did the first repeat of Víctimas Perez. A 9a route at the Racó de les finestres, Margalef. It was first ascended by Ramonet and was bolted by Chris Sharma and also Dani Andrada and Oscar Jimenez. The bad thing is Iker was bolting a new route and someone has stolen the carabiners [...]
Jung climbs Jungle speed, 9a
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 [...]
FA and 2nd ascent of La ley innata
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
Ondra and Golpe de estado
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) [...]
Ondra goes A Muerte
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 [...]