Who has climbed 9a?
Andrea Chelleris succeeded in the red point ascent of the 9a route Pure Dreaming near Arco. The 12-year-old climber is the youngest person to date to have been able to climb a route with this red point difficulty level.
Is Silence harder than 9c?
Silence (also Project Hard), is a 45-metre (148 ft) sport climbing route in the granite Hanshelleren Cave, in Flatanger, Norway. When it was first climbed by Czech climber Adam Ondra on 3 September 2017, it became the first rock climb in the world to have a proposed grade of 9c (5.15d).
What is the hardest route ever climbed?
Silence 5.15
Silence 5.15d (9c) The hardest sport climb in the world at the moment, located in Hanshallaren Cave in Flatanger, Norway. It is the only route in the world to have the proposed rating of 5.15d (9c) and it was bolted in 2012 or 2013 by Adam Ondra, who first ascended it on September 3rd, 2017.
What does 9c mean in climbing?
9c (5.15d) (Unconfirmed): Silence (also Project Hard) – Flatanger (NOR) – September 3, 2017 – First ascent by Adam Ondra, who described it as “much harder than anything else” he had previously done, and cautiously suggested the 9c rating for the 45 m route.
Is bibliographie a 9c?
Italian climber Stefano Ghisolfi has made the second ascent of Alex Megos’ Bibliographie, the world’s second 9c. He is the third climber to reach the grade after Adam Ondra and Megos.
Has anyone free soloed El Capitan since Alex Honnold?
A few dozen men have “free-climbed” El Capitan, but only three – Tommy Caldwell, Honnold and the late Brad Gobright – have gone up the route Harrington achieved, known as Golden Gate.
What is the hardest pitch on The Nose?
The Nose (El Capitan)
| The Nose | |
|---|---|
| Pitches | 31 |
| Rating | 5.14a/b or 5.8 C2 |
| Grade | VI |
| First ascent | Warren Harding, Wayne Merry, George Whitmore; 1958 (47 days). |