Adam Ondra: 9a onsight becomes epic red dot fight | Video

In his adopted home of Arco, Adam Ondra did what he loves to do and is also best at: onsight climbing. There are numerous hard routes in the Covolo sector, including Silvio Reffo's first ascent of La Musa (9a) or Guerriero Del Futoro (9a). You can see in the video whether the strong Czech was successful in his project.

Adam Ondra effect bow has long been dear to his heart and regularly savors the almost inexhaustible variety of rocks in his second home. Potentially difficult new tours or hard first ascents from other climbers seem to magically attract the climbing pro. In the sector covolo Adam Ondra wanted to get the recently from Silvio Reffo first climbed 9a route A Muse take a closer look and climb the line onsight. So much can be revealed at this point: The first hard key move thwarted an onsight inspection. So he then devoted himself to the route Guerriere del Futuro (9a) to try them in the same style.

Adam Ondra tries to climb hard 9a onsight

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