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Toni Lamprecht, the man who has given us so many hard routes and boulder problems over the years, many of which, for example Bokassa's fridge - Assassin, monkey or man, ~8C+, remain unrepeated, has now, aged 43, tied in again and made the first ascent of Black flag, 8c/9a, at Kochel in southern...

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In reply to UKC News:

Would have expected to hear some Black Flag as the soundtrack of the video. Cool name for a route nonetheless.

In reply to UKC News:

Nice looking route, but a quite shockingly bad video. I thought it was an old 'Masters of Stone' clip from the 80's, left on the cutting room floor.

In reply to Fraser:

I'm thinking he probably wasn't too worried about the video.
It is what it is. <shrugs>

I enjoyed Bj&ouml;rn Pohl's write-up. Though now curious about how the route looks and whether the aesthetics are fatally compromised by the indirect start thing mentioned.

Loved, "After many months and endless climbing days the rock does not pay attention properly, and the "Black flag" is finally conquered by Toni in a dramatic showdown."