18 August 2015

Jonas Winter does Underground 9a

Jonas Winter jumps from 8b+ to 9a by a quick ascent of Underground in Arco, in spite of having been on a bouldering roadtrip for about a year. - Well I wanted to climb this route ever since I looked at it during one of my first outdoor trips as a 13 years old fat little boy. It seems like the climbing drug addicted me since then. After a year of mainly bouldering I could do all the boulders quite solid the first time I tried it, but had to fall two time just before the anchor because I just couldn't handle the pump. I had to turn my boulder-style into a more efficient one, and remembered that thing like breathing really helps. Even if it is mainly chipped I think it is a great and characteristic line, and I am glad to have realized that little dream. I am doing cultural studie on an online university to keep my brain cells together to remember there is more to live than climbing, and get enough money for living in a van without running out of coffe, with routesetting in Germany and doing some filming with ''climb to heaven'', for example for the hardmoves boulderleauge. I think with the lifestyle I have, I need less money than I would need studying in a town with a flat, a fridge and internet to pay.
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