Alex Megos has climbed his long-term project at Ceuse after reportedly spending 60 days on the route. The line, called 'Bibliographie', tackles the steep ground to the right of Biographie's blue streak and there is speculation that it is in the 9b+/9c grade range.
Update: Megos has confirmed the grade at 9c.
This is Alex's first 9c and only the second of the grade in the world – the first being Adam Ondra's Silence in Flatanger, Norway. The project is known as Bibliography and starts up an 8c to a good rest, followed by a Font 8B boulder problem and finishing with a 9a+ route.
Alex's previous hardest was his first ascent of Perfecto Mundo, a 9b+ project at Margalef bolted by Chris Sharma. He was the third person to climb the grade, after Adam Ondra and Chris Sharma. Alex also has good form at Ceuse – in 2014, he needed only four attempts to climb Chris Sharma's Biographie (9a+)
Ethan Pringle bolted the 35m route in 2011 and footage of Alex attempting the project can be seen at the being of Rotpunkt below:
More info to follow.
Comments
If anybody other than Ondra can, he can...
True. But others are catching up. Which is how it should be.
Andy F
Be interesting to see how Ondra fairs on this when he goes and tries it. (Whenever that will be)
looks like an amazing route. To me it looks better/more appealing than Silence
Might be “new” to Ondra to repeat a cutting edge route, as since 5+ years he has always provided them, take away perfecto mundo. Obviously he has done that in the past but it’s been a while...
Wow! I hope it really is 9c. Can't wait to see the footage.