29 July 2017

9a again by Roberto Podio (36)

Roberto Podio has done Tomorrowland L2 in Collepardo suggesting an upgrade to 9a. Laura Rogora made the FA last autumn when she was just 15 years old. "In February, I did Grandi Gesti, my first 9a, and yesterday I finally did Tomorrowland. I cannot express an opinion with certainty about the grade of these two routes because I don’t have experience at this level, but I can make a comparison and say without doubts that I found the second one far more difficult." Interestingly, the 36 year old set a 8c personal best last year and then he skipped one grade and has done potentially two 9a's in 2017. The simple explanation could be that he previously had done his routes within some 25 tries but for his 9a's, he used 58 respectively 77 tries.
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