Alexander Megos starts the new year successfully: He succeeds in the first ascent of the route Tuareg Blanco and rates the line 9b/+.
The latest major rock climbing news about the German professional climber Alex Megos are a few months ago. In spring 2024, he quickly scored routes such as Change (9b +), Move (9b/+) and illusionist (9a), before moving on to the Summer Olympics in Paris concentrated.
Shortly before the turn of the year, it was time again. Megos went on a climbing trip to the Spanish Margalef and devoted himself to an old project, Tuareg Blanco, which was set up by Adrien Boulon around 10 years ago. The route did not attract a great deal of interest, but was re-established by the Spanish climber Ramon Julian seriously planned.
"The route was almost only attempted by Ramon Julian, which made the whole thing not very appealing," says Megos with a wink. Nevertheless, Megos focused on this route and invested quite a lot of time.
During his three-week stay, Megos spent a total of 11 days on the route. If you include the four days that Megos invested in the route a few years ago, it took 15 days to complete the climb.
This number probably prompted Megos to choose the high level of difficulty that he set for Touareg Blanco suggests: 9b/+
I'm curious to hear what others think about the difficulty level.
Alex Megos
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Credits: Cover picture Rainer Eder