Swedish climber Matilda Söderlund has climbed her first 9a, The Elder Statesman in the Frankenjura, Germany. The route is a direct finish to The Last Rites which were both first climbed by Markus Bock in 2011.
> In September, Söderlund has a successful trip to the Frankenjura where she climbed Markus Bock's Klondike (8c) and Solitary Man (8c), both short and bouldery.