On the penultimate weekend, the Tyrolean Christof Rauch moved to Frankenjura. On his short trip to get him several hard lines. If this continues as before, we can still look forward to many more tours this year.
For what others need several sessions and trips, Christof times off briefly on a weekend. This happened just over a week ago in the Frankenjura. The Tyrolean climbed Backgammon (8a +), Phaeton (8b) Hips don't lie (8b) and Hips don't lie sit (8b +) on a single weekend. He remains true to his performance curve since the beginning of the year.
New Year's gift in Ticino
2018 started for Christof Rauch namely quite passable. At the end of January, he was able to celebrate the seated start version of the Dave Graham classic The story of the two worlds sit (8c +) in Cresciano (LACRUX reported). At the beginning of February Christof moved to the Frankenjura. At the time, he added five 8a and 8a + lines and one 8b to his ticklist.
Success on the rope in Arco
Next up on the power curve, it was about two weeks ago in Arco with the ascent of Bucking Bronco (8c +) in the third attempt and the commission of Sid Lives (9a) the next day. The joy of Christof was justifiably big: "I checked out the moves two more times on my second day and after an epic fail on my 4th try from the start I was lucky enough to put it together. Ohhhh my god! Sooo happy! When I went to Arco for some route climbing I didn't expect to come home with a 9a route in my pocket. “The route Sid Lives in the area of Nago at Arco was of Gabriele Moroni First arrived three years ago.
Credits: picture Simon Weisser