19 December 2013

8B+ by Samuel Ometz (18)

Samuel Ometz has done Fred Nicole's classical Radja in Branson from 1986 a second time. Now he did the original straight up undercling move which, as an eliminate, is a the first 8B+ in the world. "I think that the new version is not really a line from itself as you do two more moves just turning around the hard part of the original line." Last year he did five 8B's being 17 and this year has has done 18 boulders 8B and harder including a flash. "My improvement probably comes from the recent break I did. 3 month ago, I had a bad ankle injury, and as I couldn't climb, I just trained as I could without feet, wich makes you gain stenght much faster ;)
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