Hard Solos in South Africa - 8a+Video

11th April, 2012

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Matt Bush has soloed some very difficult sport routes in the Montagu area of South Africa.

In the following video we see Matt soloing Switchbitch (31/8a+), The Activist (30/8a), Cool Like That (29/7c+) and Simply Irresistible (26/7b).

More info on Matt and on Montagu is available on the South African website Climbing.co.za:

Matt Bush is sponsored by Evolv and Blue Water

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Comments

Dave 88

11 Apr, 2012

Bloody impressive! I have to say though, how soul-less is the SA grading system. "Psyched, just climbed my first 26!!" Also, would you not remove the draws? As if it's not hard and scary enough without having to brush clips out if your face. What a lunatic.

Keendan

11 Apr, 2012

Crazy. The amount of different margins for error I allow when soloing (reversible moves, able to hang there to be rescued, saving enough energy in case I don't make a move first go...) all seem small-to-nil on these routes. Terrifying. But then, maybe when you climb 6 grades harder it just feels easy...?

R8JimBob88

11 Apr, 2012

Impressive stuff, I was more scared watching these that I am soloing easy stuff!

biscuit

11 Apr, 2012

Really impressive but i only made it to about 1 1/2 mins before turnign off due to the really annoying editing. I don't think i saw even one move completed as they kept cutting halfway through a dyno etc. The beginning was even more annoying. What was going on there ? Was it the same route shown on 2 halves of the screen at slightly different times for no good reason ? Amazing standard of soloing though. Thinking about your comment Dan it'd be like me soloing 6b/6b+. I reckon i could, but i wouldn't want to ;0)