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NEWS: Seb Bouin repeats Thor's Hammer, 9a

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 UKC News 16 Jul 2016
Seb Bouin on Thor's hammer, ~9a?, Flatanger, Norway, 4 kbSeb Bouin is once again in Flatanger and more specifically in the Hansehellaren cave, where he has repeated Adam Ondra's Thor's hammer, one of the more popular 9a+'s in the world. At least it used to be as it now turns out it might be closer to 9a...

Seb Bouin: I did Thor's Hammer, 9a+, in...

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 stp 16 Jul 2016
In reply to UKC News:

Well a good effort first doing it and then suggesting the lower grade. I think too often climbers just happily accept the higher grade of a route and don't want to rock the boat.

It took Alex Megos 3 days when Biographie only took 3 tries but he readily admits that Flatanger is not his ideal style of climbing.
Phil Ev 16 Jul 2016
In reply to UKC News:

Always thought it looked soft
 d_b 19 Jul 2016
In reply to Phil Ev:

What would it be on grit?
 andrewmc 19 Jul 2016
In reply to davidbeynon:
something like E10 7b, according to the Rockfax grade conversion guide (which I don't trust in the slightest for this sort of hypothetically nonsense), assuming you left the bolts in it...
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 AJM 19 Jul 2016
In reply to andrewmcleod:

Benchmark HVS 5b.....
 d_b 19 Jul 2016
In reply to AJM:

HVS or E0?
 ebdon 19 Jul 2016
In reply to davidbeynon:
Grit hvs is waaaaay harder than e0
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