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Adam Ondra has onsighted Chris Sharma's Mind control, 8c+, at the home of the big rigs, Oliana, in Catalunya. As far as I know, this was the 6th ascent of the route.
Things didn't begin so well though as the weather was bad and the whole crag was soaking wet. After working the upper part Chris...

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In reply to Björn Pohl - UKC:

Chilam Balam is waiting...

In reply to fingermind:

I'm surprised this hasn't been trolled by a load of "yeah but other people have climbed 8c+" and "yeah but 8c+ isn't hard compared to blah blah blah" comments yet.

Good on the lad, he's operating at a frankly super-human level and seemingly enjoying it, which is all that matters.

Wish I could onsight 6b+, let alone dream of anything with an 8 in it.

In reply to fingermind:

Has he spoken at all about wanting to try it then? would be very interesting to see what he thinks of it.

In reply to Björn Pohl - UKC:
I bet within a year Ondra will have destroyed everything in the world of sport climbing that is currently considered cutting edge.

In reply to Quarryboy:

The weather in the UK might defeat him

In reply to Dan_Carroll:

He said he is gona give the thing a couple of tries in april...

In reply to Björn Pohl - UKC: isn't it about time he discovered drink, drugs and loose women to give everyone else a chance!!

In reply to andyb211:

Forget those - someone needs to give the lad a square meal once in a while.

In reply to JJL:

I thought he looked bigger in this picture that he has in the past. Remember Sharma was a skinny little kid too. Ondra will get bigger as he gains more power and grows up a bit. He's only like 20 years old. He'll be crushing everything in a few years and then moving on to putting up his own 9b's.

I'd like to see him try Jumbo Love at Clark.

I'd also like to see him trad climb. He has showed interest in the past but he has also said that he wanted to focus on sport. I guess we'll see.

Aren't one of you lot supposed to ask what he's done on grit?

Pretty damn incredible. It'll be interesting to see where he takes things.