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Alex Megos climbs First round, first minute, 9bVideo

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VIDEO: First Round First Minute

In this video we get to see Alex Megos' complete ascent of Chris Sharma's First round, first minute, 9b, at Margalef, which he climbed on 31 December last year after five days of effort.

I asked Alex if there was anything he'd like to say about it.

Puhh...how about
Super psyched to have ended the year 2015 with the send of one of my hardest routes on the last day of the year!
Last day last go

And how will you finish 2016?
Hopefully even better, but maybe I'll hurry up a bit and not wait till the last day. It was kinda stressful to not know if I'd still make it that year!!

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Alex Megos on First round, first minute, 9b, Margalef
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Alex has risen quickly through the ranks of German climbers to become a globetrotting superstar of the modern climbing scene. His phenomenal sport climbing achievements place him as one of the most important climbers of...

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La benya
9 May, 2016
Unbelievable how short it is! The moves must be incredibly hard compared to a stamina 9b (most other 9b's). He made it look pish, as always. (Also, should read 31st December, unless the Germans have a different calendar to us?)
aln
9 May, 2016
Why doesn't the route top out?
aln
9 May, 2016
Why 2 dislikes with no comments? I asked a question.
Flavio
9 May, 2016
What an animal. In December I almost ran over his belayer with the hire car while he was working the route at night and shouted the customary "venga!" out the window . Didn't know it was him until I bumped past him the next morning and thought "that child looks a lot like Alex Migos...". So I would like to claim some small credit in helping his ascent :)
Robert Durran
9 May, 2016
Brilliant. And great to see a video totally free of any cuts or gimmickry for a change.
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