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In early May, Seb Bouin made the first ascent of Mangarbo in the Villanueva del Rosario cave in Andalusia, Spain. Now there is a video. 

Mangarbo is a combination between Mandanga total and the second pitch of the Planta de shiva.

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In reply to UKC News:

Good vid though I found the music a bit too upfront and intrusive and too loud (compared to the voice). Will be interesting to see if he does Planta de Shiva which Iooks like being not a soft touch. Megos has tried it and given the light work he made of Biographie, Planta is obviously a fair bit harder.

I admire that Seb seems like an honest grader and doesn't happily take a high grade if he thinks a route is easier (Chilam Balam and Thor's Hammer sping to mind). If we had more climbers like that the problem of grade inflation probably wouldn't exist.

In reply to stp:

Yes I agree the music is too in your face; inappropriate. In fact, its just bloody awful. The sort of thing people (eg., me) would write in the mid 1990s when learning how to use a new sequencing software package; block repeating everything & arpeggiating chords, a good tune does not make.

Never mind! good footage tho.