Ascents in Switzerland by Andreas Aachen

King line! Cool sequences and sustained climbing all the way. Could do all the moves, now i just need to find the energy to link the 4 boulder problems =)

There is a distinct lack of footholds..

Yes!

Bangin' on my bongo all that swing belongs to me, I'm so happy there's nobody in my place instead of me =)

Put my draws in a bit over a year ago and now (after a total of 8 days over the last year) I can finally put this to rest! Classic line. My first of the grade

5th day on...not the time to mistake a 8a+ for a 7b+....was wondering that it felt a bit hard! (had to pull on a few draws to make the anchor)

First grade 30...a bit of an aussie milestone =)

This is another very cool Gäsi line. A bit morpho / surely will be easier with larger wingspan, i.e. if you can span from one good sidepull to the other or go directly from undercling to the good undercling. For me, with all the moves I had to add in between on those sub-optimal holds this felt like a real step up from the 8a's / full value for the grade; thus the name holds true "El Valor" .

Ended up with some really cool sequences featuring upside down gastons, heel- and toe-hooks, pushing into slopy corners and of course, all in combination with a lot of sidepulls! Very happy with the send

The bottom and the top crux felt really hard....the middle crux felt unsolvable

Basically down to one hang. But don't think this will improve any time soon. Need to get more power endurance.

Was already way too warm when I tried this. But seems quite doable.

Whoever put the long sling at the crux gets a beer from me; thank you sir.

Not as good as other routes on this wall but has some cool sequences. Unfortunately, its always a bit dirty which makes the footholds very slippery.

Wow, this righthand crimp after the little roof is so bad, not sure if there is a better sequence to skip it?!

I can stop bashing my head against the wall now

Sensorium in itself is already a classic, and this extension makes it even better. Hard to get established to the first bolt, then some fun resistance climbing to the crux...Its all about arriving with enough energy at those slimpers...

In order to send this I had to have Sensorium so dialed, that I could do it as a warm-up; and ended up sending Sensorium 3 times in one day

Good fun and actually doable. Crimpy technical climbing.

Did all the moves with awesome beta from Michele...connecting the dots will be a different story...

OMG, what a beast! Finally found myself a project I'm stoked for, and even the name fits

A few good links; done with about 10 hangs. So good, but so many hard moves at my limit...

Haha, what are you supposed to do if you cant reach the jug from the first anchor?!

Did all the moves, but the top crux is tough nuts.

Learning to fly...

Guess who's back....

Brilliant climb, def. a Project for next season! First Mega Classic I tried in the northern hemisphere

Thailand? I thought we are going to Greece....

Solved all the moves...Classic route, very delicate climbing all the way.

Wohoo, first 8a!!! Had to set the inner Lion free to claw my way up.

Quite a few tricky sections where you could come off at any moment....Feels like the 35m of climbing only has 2 downwards facing holds...love it ;-)

Cool climb with a few very bouldery moves...Chipped obviously.

Today was not the day to try this...

40+m of awesome but continuously challenging climbing. So many cool sequences, kinda fries your brain.

Gäsi is the gift that keeps on giving...

...nur der Mann im Mond schaut zu....

Still feels just doable, even today with 90% humidity. Who knows what it would feel like if I ever get decent conditions here....

If only the foothold at the second crux would be 2cm higher...

Steller route! Technical shenanigans in the lower part but you have to keep quite a bit in the tank for the upper third!

Didn't get the crux move done. Maybe If it would be 10degrees colder I'd be able to hold the sudepull...

Soft 8a or maybe just 7c+.

Am I the only one who realised than "Ivan" backwards is spelled "Navi"? I, therefore, recommend that the Ivan's of this world will navigate us in all major decisions in life.

3rd go; send in pouring rain. Luckily, the 8a section stays mostly dry. The upper 7a+ crux, on the other hand, was quite spicy with the holds being completely wet and me slowly getting soaked...

Pro Tip: Do not use chalk when you are climbing up a waterfall

Adds 7m of hardish moves to the 7c+.

Weirdly chipped and through that quite morpho...

A bit of a one-mover....but big enough to keep me out

Walk like an Egyptian...

What a classic line, but not at all my style; big moves on very steep terrain.

All moves are very doable, but would need some time to connect everything. The hard (middle) part is super nice. Technical hard moves and a crimpy traverse. Very runout to the anchor.

L1: Need to be a bit fresher or with a bit more power endurance. Also the clipping is super insecure for me. Have not found a clipping position for the first crux bolt yet, and will have to skip the second crux bolt

Extension: A bit more my style, but need to best L1 first ;-).

Soft and fun. Super close to tick this 2nd shot...and then i needed another 3 tries . Slopey and powerful.

Did the sequence both ways, with and w/o the pocket. Feels equally hard to me, but I also really suck at making this pocket work. All in all quite soft for 8a but a fun line; lots of technical crimping.

Cool climb, but it was way too humid to enjoy...also the start was wet :-/

Stellar route with many cool sequences which feel even nicer and more stable when you have done them a few times. All of these moves could be in a 7b+...

First hard route I have done of this (pure endurance) style, and also felt very close to what I am able to do in this style.

Teamsend with Ivo which made this even better

Teamsend with Manu!

Very cool boulder sequence; felt rather soft.

Nice!!! It's a 5m power endurance problem but the rest of the climb is still very cool!

Originally thought this was harder than Luftschloss, but thanks to the good rest-beta (Thanks Jürgen), this actually felt a tad easier.

Besides the weird corner at the 3rd bolt, this is as good as Luftschloss, another classic line!

Brilliant 44m of climbing with the crux at almost 40m height.

For me this felt a tad harder than grau gnom or sensorium but might be easier if you have longer legs or, even better, are more flexible than I am.

I gave up on this one now. The crux is basically unclimbable for me. I tried about 20 different sequences by now; im even able to do some of them straight from the rope but not a single one is doable for me in sequence. Maybe i come back in a year or so, if i feel a bit stronger by then.

Everything after the flake is quite nice actually.

Stellar climb, following a slightly overhanging crack line. For me more technical than phyically hard.

2nd go.

Apperently 7c now? i think 7c+ could be fair.

The moves were quickly solved but currently i am missing the endurance for this.