Newsflash 'Hard 8B' flash for Adam Ondra
Adam Ondra has flashed Luftig kö till nålens öga, an 8B boulder at Hultastenen, Kjugekull, Sweden.
© Adam Ondra coll.
According to Fanatic climbing the route doesn't have any real crux, just around 25-30 moves of very sustained hard and fingery climbing in a big overhang where the hardest section comes just before linking the direct start into the original Crackinette, and then you have to deal with the awkward 8b+ crack itself.
Hey, nice one on flashing Supercrackinette, congrats! First 9a+ flash?
Thanks :-) Yep, I guess so
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Wow! Is that a record for the shortest ever interview?
wow, insightful interview
9a+ flash, blimey. Has anyone else done it and confirmed it?
Much more detailed quote on the other channel - sounds like he thinks it's one of his best ever achievements.
Given it took Megos 3 days and he (Megos) said climbing in the area suited his style it seems pretty likely that the grade is right.
Mind boggling stuff! Also interesting that one of the biggest challenges appears to be finding routes at this grade to try to flash, either he's already done/been on or they are too super complicated / tricky
Adam’s given a longer interview to Black Diamond, confirming the grade.
There's a good interview on Planet Mountain...
http://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/interviews/adam-ondra-interview-after-worlds-first-9a-plus-flash-at-st-leger-in-france.html
Super impressive. He's clearly in a league of his own.