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18 maj 2017 · Margo Hayes crimps down on La Rambla’s (5.15a) upper headwall. Photo: Greg Mionske. On February 26, Margo Hayes of Boulder, Colorado, became the first woman to send a consensus 5.15 with her ascent of La Rambla (5.15a) at the El Pati sector in Siurana, Spain. The benchmark route defines 5.15a/9a+.
6 mar 2024 · By 2019, he’d climbed 1,550 sport routes above 5.13b, including three 5.15c and a three 5.14d onsights. He was the first to climb a 5.15c with Change in 2012, the first to flash a 5.15a with Supercrackinette in 2018, and the second ever to onsight a 5.14d with Cabane au Canada in 2013.
23 lut 2023 · At a mere 40 feet, the limestone route is short, steep, and littered with tiny pockets and micro edges, with an V15 boulder problem guarding the chains. With a proposed grade of 5.15c, Excalibur is now the hardest sport climb in Italy. It’s safe to say that Ghisolfi’s grade estimation holds weight in the climbing community.
27 cze 2024 · Belgian Anak Verhoeven made the hardest send of her career with the 5.15b endurance climb La Planta de Shiva last month. The 27-year-old has now joined the slim ranks of women who have climbed 5.15b, alongside just three others: Laura Rogora, Julia Chanourdie, and Angela Eiter (who made the first female ascent of La Planta de Shiva in 2017).
When Czech climber Adam Ondra made the first free ascent on 3 September 2017, it became the first rock climb in the world to have a proposed climbing grade of 9c (5.15d), and it is an important route in rock climbing history. To complete the route, Ondra undertook specialist physical and mental training to overcome its severely overhanging terrain.
18 cze 2012 · The Secret to Climbing 5.15. Chris Sharma, Adam Ondra, Sasha Diguilian, the world’s elite climbers all manage to claw thier way up the hardest rock climbs in the world. They spend thousands of hours training, skipping out on dessert, and living just to climb. While it’d be amazing to be a world class climber, having the dedication and the ...
25 lip 2022 · World's Hardest Sport Climb? Seb Bouin Thinks His New Route Cuts It. 5.15 climber Seb Bouin holds a handful of unrepeated first ascents 5.15b and harder.
