UKC

The Bavarian climber, Alex Huber, notable for his big wall free climbing in Yosemite (1995 Salathé, 1998 El Niño and Free Rider, 2000 Golden Gate, 2003 Zodiac), as well as cutting edge sport climbs, alpine routes and solos has free climbed a major line on the Cima Ovest in the Dolomites.

Alex reports at UKClimbing.com

Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/

In reply to Mick Ryan - UKClimbing.com: God, and its only 'should be about 8c' What the hell are those 9a's like?

In reply to Mick Ryan - UKClimbing.com:

Now that is what I call exposure!

The UKC article seems to be an translated (presumably by the Author himself) and somewhat abbreviated version of a German-language article, found here: http://www.climbing.de/detail.php?1545

Unfortunately, the concluding paragraph in the German version—which might be intresting for fellow anoraks—is missing from the English version.

I didn't know that
>Bellavista nach „intensivem Nachputzen der Griffe“ nicht mehr mit der Route identisch ist, die ich seinerseits hinterlassen hatte.
(Bellavista, after "intensive cleaning of the holds", is not in the same state as the route was when I first climbed it.