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Dani Andrada climbs possible 9b (5.15b) |
NEWBRIDGE, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) - O.k., we normally don’t cover all the general climbing news, but this one deserves a special mention.
It looks like Mr. 8a/9a, Dani Andrada, is now working on the next level in the ever reliable Rodellar of Spain (For more info on Rodellar, see Stu’s write-up here).
Dani Andrada has climbed the V14 sit-start into his original 9a(5.14d) at the possible hefty grade of 9b. Dave Graham is of the opinion that it’s harder (check out his blog entry on Climbing.com). Yes, these routes are climbed without ropes as they’re essentially massively long boulder problems.
For a pretty good impression of what the strong kids (Sharma/Graham/Andrada/etc) are up to these days and how psyched they are(!), check out this video (warning, lots of - entertaining - cursing) from Rodellar:
Obviously I need to learn Spanish to climb this hard ;)
Image Credit: Dani Andrada on 9a+, Rodellar Spain. Photo:Pete O´Donovan from ukclimbing.com
- Neal :) -
Latest Comments (2):
Dani Andrada posted this in his Petzl Team blog about the route:
http://daniandrada.petzlteam.com//index.php/post/2007/11/14/9b-in-Rodellar
Thanks for that Sarunas - made for interesting reading, especially as he references Akira (9b) in France. Rare for someone to actually acknowledge that route (and just shows how far ahead of it’s time it was)!
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