3 October 2015

9a+/b FA in Frankenjura by Alex Megos

Alex Megos reports on Facebook that he has done the FA of a 9a+/b in Frankenjura. In total, there are now 24 routes 9a and harder in Frankenjura out of which Alex Megos has done the FAs of six. Megos's latest is also the first with a slash grade. "Steep and HARD! After 5 days of trying did the first ascent of "Supernova"!!! In my opinion the hardest route in the #frankenjura o I would give it 11+ (9a+/b)! Thanks to Joshi Schulz for letting me try that thing and thanks to @arnaudpetit_climb for the picture!!!
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