10 April 2017

Estado Critico 9a (8c+) by Gonzalo Larrocha

Gonzalo Larrocha, who previously has done five 9a's, has repeated the classic Estado Critico after just some ten tries giving it a personal 8c+ grade. The high class route was put up by Ramon Julian Puigblanque as a 9a in 2004 but later it was down graded. In 2010 a hold broke and since then, everyone has said 9a although several have done it quickly and commented: soft. Gonzalo does not think the route got that much harder with the broken hold as you still can do the same dyno. Further more, "The people who did the route before did a harder traverse than the traverse, one meter higher up, that I used." In 2013, Alex Megos onsighted it as the first 9a in the world, which should be the official grade as of today. Anyhow, Gonzalo's personal grade once again shows that the grades are not set in stone.
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