Adam Ondra is resting for the big push on the 32 pitches of The Dawn Wall, half out of which are 8a+ or harder, including four 8b+'s, one 8c, one 8c+ and two 9a's. What is actually not so well-known is that Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgesson did a team ascent FA, meaning that they just needed to top rope half of the pitches, i.e swing leads. However, as the two 9a's were traverses, both led them and then Jorgesson lead the 8c+ but Caldwell opted for an 8c loop variation. In total, Caldwell and Jorgesson spent 16 days up the 1 000 meter the Dawn Wall to do the first team ascent. Earlier on they had spent six years projecting the line. Adam will not have the benefit of climbing half of the pitches on top rope which makes his ascent harder as most of the time he will be protected only on trad gear. Adam is accompanied by Pavel Blazek who reported on his Instagram three weeks ago: "We both find it quite funny - Adam never really trad climb, I've never been on multipitch climb, neither of us ever had to jug up or set the fix ropes on big wall ... The learning curve is bit steep :) :) :)"

Heavy rain during the third day of the Youth World Championships in Guangszhou, China forced the origanizers to stop the male Boulder qualification. Plans have been made to run the qualification on Saturday. The female competed in Speed and Russia got all the golds where 17-year-old Elizaveta Ivanova had the best time with 8.60.

Ralf Grabowski has done his first 9a with the FA of Walk the Plank, which is a link up of two Toni Lamprect's routes (8b/8b+ and 8c/8c+). It is probably one of the best lines in Kochel and combines climbing on for the northern alps untypical big pockets, far moves and great rock with the beautiful beech trees of the spot. The 38-year-old has previously done one 8c+ and more than a handful 8c's and more than 250 8a and harder. It took him some 50 sessions to take his FA down. Here is a nice video made by Pirmin Bertle.

Adam Ondra 32 ipboylu Down Wall'un büyük çıkışı için dinleniyor. İp boylarının yarıdan fazlası 8a+ dan daha zor ve 4 8b+, bir 8c, bir 8c+ ve iki 9a var. Tommy Caldwell ve Kevin Jorgesson'nin aslında bir takım İ.Ç.'ı yaptıkları çok iyi bilinmiyor. Bunun anlamı ipboylarının yarısının tepeden emniyetli çıkılmış olması. Bununla birlikte yan geçişler olan iki 9a'yı ikisi de lider tırmandı ve Jorgesson'in lider çıktığı 8c+'ı Caldwell 8c'lik bir diğer yoldan çıktı. Sonuçta, Caldwell ve Jorgesson 16 tırmanış günü ve evvelinde 6 yıl çalışma harcadılar. Adam ipboylarının yarısını tepeden emniyetli tırmanma lüksüne sahip olmayacak ve bu da onun çıkışını daha zorlu hale getiriyor ki kimi zaman sadece geleneksel malzemelere güveniyor olacak. Adam'ın tırmanışında yanında olacak Pavel Blazek üç hafta önce Instagram hesabından şöyle yazmıştı: "İkimizde bunu çok komik bulduk - Adam daha önce hiç geleneksel tırmanmamıştı, bense hiç çok ipboylu rotada bulunmamıştım, hiçbirimiz daha önce ne cumarlamış ne de büyük bir duvarda sabit ip hattı kırmuştuk ... Galiba zor yoldan öğreneceğiz :) :) :)"

Gonzalo Larrocha has done his third 9a in 2016, Seleccio Natural in Santa Linya. "The power of the multi- execution. I guess that it can be soft in its grade But I was struggled in those two moves."

Edu Marin has made the FA of the five-pitch-long Tarragó Plus 8c located in Montserrat, which was the first playground crag for both Edu and his father, Novato, who belayed him. Tarragó was first freed by the Pou brothers in 2013 as an 8b+ and first Edu repeated the original line but two days later he opted for combining the two crux pitches and creating a 55 meter 8c with lots of ropedrag. "After freeing Tarragó, I thought that it would be best to join pitch 4 (8a) and pitch 5 (8b+), as the anchor was situated in the middle of a very difficult sequence. It was logical to me to rest after, not during that crux." "It is one of the most amazing routes I have ever climbed, aesthetically perfect, very aerial and exposed."