VIDEO: Adam Ondra - The Change 9b+ First Ascent

by Björn Pohl - UKC Mar/2013
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4 October 2012, Adam Ondra made the first ascent of Change, 9b+, in the massive Hanshalleren cave near Flatanger in Norway. This video shows a small part of the story of this groundbreaking ascent.

The rest of the story, and a lot more, will be told in the upcoming movie Change, by Petr Pavlicek, which, according to him is, not a climbing movie, but definitely a movie with a lot of climbing.

Video courtesy of Black Diamond Equipment

Adam Ondra is sponsored by: Black Diamond, Montura, Entre Prises , La Sportiva, Beal and Hudy Sports


* Forums ( Read More... | 42 comments, 11 Mar 2013 )
Beast, amazing young man `the messiah` of sport climbing, this guy wil go on to become the best in the world for years to come, no disrespect to Chris Sharma et al but, he is way ahead and still only 20 !
mr mills - 11 Mar 2013

Yeah I interrupted it as this. Interesting to see how good of a trad climber he would be! Surely, there's a limit to where sport can get to? I mean is a 10 possible? The guy is a machine! Unbelievable focus and...
dawesbub - 08 Mar 2013

Indeed, flashed with beta particularly for the boulder problem start I believe. Still hasn't managed to do an onsight of a 9a, there's a video going around of him getting very close on some steep roof thing in Spain a...
Ian Patterson - 08 Mar 2013

It will be interesting to see, at the moment Ondra does appear to be in a league of his own. In a 8a.nu style I think he holds the following records (and he's only 20) only person to have climbed 9b+ (tbc) most 9b and...
Ian Patterson - 08 Mar 2013

Quite impressive stuff. It will be intresting to see if he is just the first of a new breed of climber or whether the stuff he's doing now (and will do over the next few year) will be a high water mark for many many...
JLS - 08 Mar 2013

This is a great film and a very good represtation of why he is currently the best sport climber in the world. He's just got it all, the strength, endurance, flexibility but also the mental side of things. The tenacity,...
Jimbo C - 08 Mar 2013

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