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Adam Ondra onsights The Golden ticket 8c+Video

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Adam Ondra on The Golden Ticket, 8c+, Red River Gorge  © Montura
Adam Ondra on The Golden Ticket, 8c+, Red River Gorge
© Montura

This is the video of Adam Ondra making what could quite possibly be the hardest onsight ever made: The Golden ticket, hard 8c+, or even 8c+/9a.

To me it's amazing how fast and distinct his climbing is. This is a man on a mission!

Other than that I'll just let the video do the talking.


Adam Ondra is sponsored by: Black Diamond, Montura, Entre Prises , La Sportiva, Beal and Hudy Sports


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Born in the Czech Republic, Adam Ondra has built up a decorated career since his early competitions, winning his first World Championships medal in 2009 in lead climbing. He was a favourite for Tokyo 2020 gold, but an...

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21 Nov, 2012
Incredible!
21 Nov, 2012
He is setting new standards...well done. Watching the video, a general thought comes to my mind, about "onsighting" routes where the holds a clrearly marked. (some climbers even ask their friends to mark them, first!!) Considering how good and a purist he is I am surprised he didn't consider this a flash. As with a lot of routes, with clearly marked holds, one should be honest with oneself and leave onsight claims for when they really are. Nothing wrong with it, but but it makes a real onsight feel a little more special, when it really happens. Or is it just about chasing numbers....? :-)
21 Nov, 2012
Excellent! I really liked the absence of music and shouting, just the animal grunting and breathing. More please.
21 Nov, 2012
Amazing - a testament to his ability is the fact that only once on the whole route did he reach up for the wrong hold first time. Unbelievable! E
21 Nov, 2012
I'm intrigued. When you go to a busy crag that has routes that are nearly permanently being worked by various people and you want an ethically pure onsight, do you ask a mate to spend 2 hours abbing down and cleaning all signs of chalk of every hold? Do you? If so, hats off to you. The rest of us just turn up, give it a bash in its current state and see how we get on. Back to the ascent: I've seen people who have worked a route 20 times make more mistakes on a redpoint than he does on an onsight. A completely different level!
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