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In 2008, Adam Ondra completed the second ascent of Alexander Huber's 1996 route Open Air at Austria's Schleierfall, and felt it was 9a+ (5.15a); Huber freed it in 1996 and graded it as 9a (5.14d), but Ondra felt that Open Air was harder than "benchmark" climbs such as Weiss Rose, Action Directe, and even La Rambla, which are 9a (5.14d) or 9a ...
White Zombie – Baltzola – May, 1999 – Second-ever female ascent of an 8c route, by Josune Bereziartu. [10] [69] Raz – Baltzola – May, 1999 – Third-ever female ascent of an 8c route, by Josune Bereziartu. [69] Welcome to Tijuana – Rodellar – May, 2000 – Fourth-ever female ascent of an 8c route, by Josune Bereziartu. [69]
The definition of what is classed as a valid ascent of a climbing route is a redpoint. [10] Many routes may not be climbed on the first attempt, and will require days (and in some cases, years) of attempts; when a climber undertakes such a task, it is sometimes called projecting a route (i.e. the route becomes a "project"). [10]
Burden of Dreams is a 4-metre (13 ft) red granite grade 9A (V17) bouldering problem at Lappnor near Loviisa, in Finland.It was first climbed by Finnish climber Nalle Hukkataival on 23 October 2016, who spent four years projecting the boulder, [3] and features in the 2017 climbing film, The Lappnor Project.
Dreamtime is a 10-metre (33-foot) long bouldering route, on the boulder of the same name, in the gneiss bouldering area of Cresciano, Switzerland.When first solved in October 2000 by Swiss bouldering pioneer Fred Nicole, it was graded at 8C (V15), making it the world's first-ever boulder route at that grade.
If the climber falls during an attempted redpoint ascent, and thus ends up in a position of hanging from their rope (i.e. their bodyweight is being held — even partly — by the rope), then they must return to the bottom of the climbing route, pull their rope free of the route (i.e. free it from any climbing protection), and completely re ...
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Walter Harper (1893 – October 25, 1918) was a mountain climber and guide of mixed white and Alaska Native ancestry. On Saturday, 7 June 1913, he was the first person to reach the summit of Denali (Mount McKinley), the highest mountain in North America. [1]