Newsflash 'Hard 8B' flash for Adam Ondra
Adam Ondra has flashed Luftig kö till nålens öga, an 8B boulder at Hultastenen, Kjugekull, Sweden.
Born in the Czech Republic, Adam Ondra has built up a decorated career since his early competitions, winning his first World Championships medal in 2009 in lead climbing. He was a favourite for Tokyo 2020 gold, but an...
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"Extremely stoked to have done it today in the best style possible - onsight."
Indeed. Bravo!
Its Ondra and everyone expects him to onsight 8C+ but amazed no one has commented, this is still big news! On sighting such a landmark route.
Growing up with sport climbing in the 80s and 90s, Just Do It was big news when it was first climbed by JBT. I remember debates about weather it was harder or easier than Hubble and how they could be compared as one was a boulder problem and the other a 40m endurance route.
(edit) just read he had a three man film crew with him to record the moment, cant wait to see the footage, but can you imagine the added pressure, not only stepping up to try an onsight of legendary route but dragging a film crew to another country to record it.
Nice on Adam, keep on sending.
From Sunday:
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/rocktalk/just_do_it-695669
To be fair I think this is pretty much standard practice for Adam now!
Probably a good warm - up, dragging the film crew around.