Team Geared Up

Flintshire, North Wales (Team Geared Up) - I read this morning on 8a.nu (one of my favourite sites) that Adam Ondra, pictured above, has just made short work of La Rambla, 9a+ in Siurana in Northern Spain… and he’s still only 15!

“On his second day and fifth try Adam Ondra walked up La Rambla, 9a(+). Dani Andrada and Edu Marin could only watch in amazement.” (http://www.8a.nu/)

For those who are not familiar with the route it was a long, long term project for years with an accepted lower off in place 2 thirds up the route resulting in an 8c+. The complete line was eventually lead by Ramón Julian Puigblanque and since has had ascents from Dani Andrada, Chris Sharma, Edu Marin, Patxi Usobiaga and Andreas Bindhammer - all top class climbers.

Also of note on 8a.nu is the mention of Dani Andrada’s constant string of new routes - just yesterday establishing a new 8c+ and today extending it to result in another 9a route! The site is really at the forefront of the cutting edge sport climbing scene and has even began to reward the top climbers like Andrada and Ondra with shares in the website itself! Plus with the increasing use of phone blogging - you are literally reading about and looking at pictures of hard first ascents 15mins after they’ve been fired!

-Dave-