Newsflash Alphane, 9A, for Jakob Schubert
Jakob Schubert has made the fifth ascent of Alphane, 9A, in Chironico, Switzerland.
Jakob Schubert is one of the world's top climbers. He excels at competitions, sport climbing and bouldering. He recently climbed Perfecto Mundo (9b+) in Margalef becoming only the fifth climber to reach the...
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Impressive stuff. Presumably it didn't take that long since he only just did Stoking the Fire a few days ago.
Also worth reporting is that Janja Garnbret did a second 9a at Santa Linya the day before.
There's a good vid of Tom Bolger attempting Catxasa in 2011, the same year Sharma did the F.A.
Shows the steepness of the route really well. 9a into an 8c+ apparently. Watch out for the horrendous looking mono move at 2.35.
https://youtu.be/unR2tqVq_Bw
Thanks for the vid!
Stamina monster, with lots of bouldery moves in there!