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With her ascent of Adam Ondra's sport climbing route Bombardino (9a+) in Arco, trad, sport and big wall expert Babsi Zangerl once again underlines her status as an impressive all-round climber.

Jonathan Siegrist climbs his seventh 9b with Stefano Ghisolfi's power endurance route Erebor (9b) in Arco.

The American succeeds in becoming the first woman to climb a route of this grade with Stefano Ghisolfi's testpiece Excalibur (9b+) in Arco.

In this video, Stefano Ghisolfi returns to the route Excalibur (9b+), which he was the first to free climb a few years ago. Now he is planning a sit-start version that adds 6 ultra-difficult moves to the route. The new entry is already a boulder rated 8B+ in itself, from which you then go to Excalibur without a rest point. From this perspective, the route Excalibur Sit could easily be rated 9c+. But see for yourself what Ghisolfi thinks about it.

On February 3, 2025, Will Bosi succeeded in repeating one of the most difficult sport climbing routes in the world: Excalibur (9b+). Exactly two years to the day after the first ascent by Stefano Ghisolfi.

Up close and unfiltered: Accompany Stefano Ghisolfi on his hardest first ascent to date: Excalibur (9b+) - uncut.

With the first ascent of Excalibur, Stefano Ghisolfi made himself a knight. Now there is the inspection video for the mega line.

The two top climbers Stefano Ghisolfi and Will Bosi asked themselves this question and immediately put it to the test. For their superlative campus experiment, they chose the 8b/+ sport climbing route, appropriately named Gravity Games (8b/+).