The Italian Stefano Ghisolfi succeeds in redpointing the 9b route The Full Journey in Margalef. The main goal of his trip, however, is to climb the Sharma route Sleeping Lion.
Stefano Ghisolfi has the sport climbing route The Full Journey (9b) in the Spanish climbing area Margalef This impressive 35-meter line was first used in October 2022 by Alex Megos and experienced in March 2023 through Jorge Diaz-Rullo his second ascent.
Fingerhole Fest in The Full Journey
The Full Journey is characterized by two sections of almost equal difficulty, divided by a rest point on a large hold. The first part, known as The Journey (9a+), was climbed in April 2022 by Tom Bolger first ascent and includes 18 meters of strength endurance climbing, mostly on two-finger holes with a challenging one-finger hole in the middle section.
This 9a+ route is followed by 17 more meters of climbing in The Full Journey with a painful deadpoint move to a one-finger hole and other difficult moves.
I had difficulties in the first part of the route and fell a few times just before the anchor. Yesterday I was finally able to clip the first anchor and spontaneously decided to just carry on climbing.
Stefano Ghisolfi
To his own surprise, Ghisolfi In the same attempt, the extension and thus the ascent of The Full Journey.
The first 9b route of the year has been climbed. On to the next one, Sleeping Lion!
Stefano Ghisolfi
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Credits: Cover picture Sara Grippo