12 January 2014

The Pou bros free an 8b+ multi-pitch in Montserrat

Just before the winter cold makes it imposible to climb on any north face, the Pou brothers, Iker & Eneko, were able to free the Tarragó route in Montserrat, which is the first no aid climbing after 12 years since it was opened. Iker needed 6 days to clean all the pitches and red-point it. The grades they propose are: Pitch1: 6b, P.2: 6b+, P.3: 8b, P.4: 8a, P.5: 8b+ and P.6: 7c+/8a. The worst thing came some few days after the ascent, when they made a comeback to film it and found out that most of the bolts were no longer in place. Sadly, someone had hammered them down. However, they managed to get super nice footage which can be watched here. You can also read the whole story in Spanish in their webpage.
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