Jessica Pilz with an impressive Turkey ticklist

Jessica Pilz scores six 8c routes within five days during a training camp in Turkey. Further difficult onsight and flash ascents round off her impressive ticklist.

Spent five packed days of climbing Jessica Pilz with her teammates from Austria Climbing in Turkey. The reigning vice world champion in the combined format visited various areas around Antalya and scored numerous difficult lines.

It was my first time in Turkey and it certainly won't be the last time.

Jessica Pilz

Türkiye ticklist by Jessica Pilz

  • Catch the Rainbow (8b+/c)
  • Panic Room (8c)
  • Aaron (8c, without kneepads)
  • Kaos (8c, soft)
  • Beastmaker (8c, hard)
  • Andreas Blues (8c+, soft)
  • Nothing Else Matters (8b, hard)
  • American Airlines (8a+)
  • Paluze, L1 (8a, onsight)
  • Imhotep (8a, flash)

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