Keyword: Hanhelleren Cave

Move Hard: Seb Bouin's path to silence

With the ascent of Move Hard (9b), Seb Bouin has come another step closer to Adam Ondra's Masterpiece Silence.

Jakob Schubert climbs Project Big (9c?) | including video

Jakob Schubert makes the first free ascent of one of the most difficult sport climbing routes in the world: Project Big in Flatanger, Norway.

Seb Bouin repeats Ondra test piece Move Hard (9b)

The French professional climber Seb Bouin secures the third ascent of the Move Hard route in Flatanger after Stefano Ghisolfi. Adam Ondra had opened the 9b line in 2017 while working on Silence.

This is how Seb Bouin climbs the monster route Nordic Marathon | Video

In July, Seb Bouin climbed the ultimate endurance test piece with Nordic Marathon (130m, 9b/+) in Flatanger. The monster route stretches 130 meters through the gigantic roof and connects Nordic Plumber (8c) with the second pitch of Thor's Hammer (9a/+) and the direct headwall of Hanhelleren Cave. Now there is the video for the impressive first ascent.

Adam Ondra's first attempts at climbing Project Big | Video

In 2013 Adam Ondra set up a line at Hanhelleren Cave in Flatanger that seemed too intimidating to even climb: Project Big. Nine years after his first attempts, Adam Ondra is targeting the route again, this time together with Jakob Schubert.

9b route as consolation: Stefano Ghisolfi climbs Ondra's Move Hard

Stefano Ghisolfi has been tirelessly projecting Silence, the world's first 9c route, for the past few weeks. In order not to return home from Flatanger completely empty-handed, the strong Italian finally picked out a small side project: Move Hard (9b).

Everything you always wanted to know about Silence (9c) | Stefano Ghisolfi

In his latest video, top Italian climber Stefano Ghisolfi answers user questions about the world's first 9c route, Silence. The spectrum ranges from comparisons to other difficult routes such as Excalibur, the right choice of shoes, to the topic of devaluation.

Update Ghisolfi: climbed after the first key point Silence | Video

The Italian Stefano Ghisolfi reports on the progress in the 9c route Silence in a new video. Starting after the first crux, he was able to climb to the deflector.

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