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The end of days! Up is down, black is white and Ondra has fallen off a 7a sport route. Twice. The incident was filmed in Croatia at the climbing area of Istria and it's a shocking watch. Later on in the film, Ondra manages to casually onsight a few 8b+ routes, but the memory of the 7a fall must haunt him...

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In reply to UKC News:

Didn’t he fall off La Marie Rose too? Then again, that is absolutely nails. 

In reply to UKC News:

I just love this video so, so much 

In reply to UKC News:

Quelle punteur

In reply to Tom Last:

But then he climbs at a level where polish probably isn't an issue, so I assume he was caught off-guard! On that same trip he also flashed La Merveille and Gecko Assis

In reply to UKC News:

I can proudly say I have dropped that very same move twice as well. Never felt so good watching someone falling?! 🤔

In reply to Adrien:

Maybe Silence has escaped so far but some very hard routes suffer the same fate as the easier routes. For example Rainman at Malham weighs in at F9b and starts up Raindogs, which is just as polished as the crag warm up.

In reply to 1poundSOCKS:

I climb mostly in China and i think their are only a few 8c 8c+ and harder routes in the whole of Asia, as a result if you go to crags with 8cs they very often have ques to climb them and presumably are therefore quite polished.

In reply to UKC News:

Just watched the video and thought Wow! That tufa looks familiar. Well...it is ...cos I did Truffelschwein a couple of years ago. I thought it felt 7a+ so that gives him a plus more excuse for slipping off it!😊 It took me three goes to do it. Does this mean I am now on about a par with Ondra??? 😊😊

In reply to climberchristy:

3 goes to write this post as well

In reply to climberclimber321:

Sorry lost me there? 

In reply to UKC News: What a legend actually having the confidence to post this. Would be great if others did likewise

In reply to climberchristy:

At one stage (not now) your previous post was displayed three times in a row.

In reply to Michael Hood:

Ah thanks for clearing that up. When I posted it seemed not to submit so I clicked submit a couple more times. However from my login view it only appeared once.

In reply to climberchristy:

If you want to be better go & flash La Marie Rose (Red 22) (f6A)

In reply to UKC News:

Seems to me that, given the newfound faux kudos potential from flashing this route, whatever hideous polish there already is on that foothold may be about to get a whole lot worse.

In reply to john arran:

It's made him (or his sponsors) some good publicity, whatever. I don't bother to follow his latest top ticks - but we can all relate to someone who comes down to earth with us