11 January 2016

8b+ by Lluc Macià Llobet (11) and Alberto Gines (13)

Lluc Macià, and Alberto Gines have done Falconeti 8b+ in Montsant. Eleven year old, Lluc (in the picture) is the son of the famous trainer, David Macia. "I love that my father is my coach too, so he can give me advice to outside training. We train with organic method, short time and at a very high intensity." For Alberto, 13, it was his third 8b+ and here is a video interview with him. Overall, it actually seems the Spanish youngsters are the best in the world on rock now.
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