Ascents in Europe by Adam Ondra having sport-cpr or ascent-date

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Description of the ascent by Adam Ondra on 8a.nu: "amazing line, one of the best in the grade. Great vision by David for bolting and lot of work by Gabri to clean and send it. I found a kneebar just before the crux that makes the route a bit easier, but still 9a+ for sure. The way that Gabri it did is pretty hard for 9a+ for sure! I tried it some years ago when it was still a project and totally dirty, this year I was really close to sending first day, but in the end I had to wait for another day with fresh skin and power when I did it on my first real go of the day."

Description of the ascent by Adam Ondra on 8a.nu: "Checked the moves once in the end of the day, next day (after trying King Capellla first) rechecked the crux move again and sent on my second go. Done with Wil's method, for the traverse completely different method and probably easier. Low-end 9a+ with my height and method, for shorter climbers can be tiny bit harder, but not 9b."

Description of the ascent by Adam Ondra on 8a.nu: "cool line, even though a little morpho. Could be 8b+ if you are tall? Clipping the draws and being tired after King Capella. #soft".

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Adam Ondra reported via Instagram: There are not many routes that I can tell about that I really hated then at certain point. But Neanderthal was definitely one of them. Not because the route is of bad quality, just because how many times I failed again and again. Getting over it and finally succeeding was a huge lesson.

Adam via 8a.nu: "A route which is very hard to grade. It is long but has many good rests, and the real difficulty is the low percentage crux way low down. Orginally graded 9a, I think it could be either 8c or 8c+."

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2nd ascent after 23 year, FA Stefan Furst in 1996. It took Adam over 10 years and roughly 10 days. 1st day this year. Stefan gave it 9a, possibly something have broken, but very possibly it has not got much harder due to breaks. Adam believes it is more 9a+ now, even though the crux is very hard to grade. The difficulty is not to be underestimated as the first 8c section is suprisingly tiring and makes the crux so much harder.

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