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Alex Huber solos an 8b+

Alex Huber has made another remarkable solo ascent of a hard sport route at Schleier Wasserfall. He had previosuly soloed the route Opportunist (8b) and now he has climbed Communist (8b+) without a rope.
Report from Alex himself

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Big Steve
6 May, 2004
was he using chalk? chalk takes at least 12 grades of, therefore if he had a chalk bag on him, he only did a 4a. Anybody could do that
Fiend
7 May, 2004
Laff, we caught one already, well done guys. P.S. Dom, bit of a pessimistic view you have, I'd have hoped that any genuine poster on here (i.e. not the lame anonymous trolls) would give praise where praise is due and criticism where criticism is due... Then again I often hope far too much...
Fiend
7 May, 2004
Story at 8a.nu is really quite good... 20th of April. Already at 8 a.m. I am there. I am alone and I wanted to be alone. Nobody should disturb me and I didn't want to disturb anybody else with my ascent. Well done Alex, sounds not only totally hardcore (i.e. crux at 10m above blocks, no pads), but also as if it was approached in a very good spirit. No bitching here =) Apart from the lack of photos.
Graham Taylor
7 May, 2004
I like the bit where he down climbs the 5.10d. The bloke is an amazing climber. Well done
Tom Briggs
7 May, 2004
Didn't Alain Robert solo an 8b years ago at Orgon??(remember article in Mountain). Never heard of an 8b+ solo though.
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