18 August 2017
9a+ FA by Evan Hau
Evan Hau, who previously has repeated two 9a's, has done the FA of Honour and Glory 9a+ in Echo Valley. (c) Simon Parsons
"Can't believe it's done!!! What an incredible journey! After chasing this grade for years I knew the only way I could get it done was to find and bolt one at home in The Bow Valley, Canada. It took many trips to Europe to try various routes of this grade and understand what I was looking for. At last I was able to find a completely independent line at the perfect difficulty at a cliff I already frequented anyway! I started bolting this route 16 months ago last April and tried to get on it as much as possible since then, pretty much 12 out of the last 16 months it's been climbable. In the cold, in the heat, wet, whatever.
Today was incredible. Amazing conditions, I felt tired on the warmup so I didn't really think I had a shot, but maybe that took some of the pressure off. I passed my highpoint and then I didn't fall off the final move like I thought I would. STOKED!!"
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