UKC

THE LOWDOWN: Hemetzberger climbs Il Piccolo orso etc.

New Topic
This topic has been archived, and won't accept reply postings.
Roland Hemetzberger has made the 3rd ascent of Stefan Fürst's 40m super technical Il Piccolo orso, 8c/+, at Sparchen, Austria. Stefan made the FA back in 1992, giving it 8b+, but the route repelled all contenders for many years and it was speculated it could in fact be closer to 9a. The long...

Read more at http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item.php?id=54433

Some of these replies were posted on Björn's old blog website, and so won't be from registered UKC users
Robin 24 May 2010
Nice job, more people, especially younger people should start focussing on the real stuff again, the old school way in order to get an insight in the hard climbing. Too many endurance routes these days. Anyway, great job and keep on doing these climbs!
New Topic
This topic has been archived, and won't accept reply postings.
Loading Notifications...