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Stefano Ghisolfi has repeated Alex Megos' Perfecto Mundo (9b+) at Margalef. He spent 32 days trying the route and falling repeatedly on one move. This makes Ghisolfi the 4th person to climb the grade of 9b+ after Adam Ondra, Chris Sharma and Alex Megos. Read more
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