4 August 2015

9a again by Jon Cardwell in Rifle

Jon Cardwell has done the first repeat of Jonathan Siegrist's Shadowboxing 9a in Rifle. He's also onsighted Roadside Prophet 8b+. In total, Jon has done seven 9a's and also several 8B+'s. © Kate Stern "Shadowboxing was an old project by Nicolas Favresse, equipped in the early 2000's. It remained unclimbed until Jonathan Siegrist claimed the first ascent in 2011. After that, the route saw only a little attention and rumors were that some holds had broken. When I talked to Siegrist one summer we both went up the climb and found out that it was still possible. I left it then, but returned last fall try try again for a couple days until the rain came and ended the season. This year I tried it once in the spring and again a couple weeks ago before I was able to finish it last Thursday. In my opinion it is definitely one of the most inspiring hard lines in Rifle, towering to the top of the canyon at 50 meters."
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