27 November 2014

9a by Stefano Ghisolfi in Red River Gorge

Stefano Ghisolfi has had a great start of his trip to Red River Gorge where he has done Southern Smoke Direct 9a which is an 8B start to the original 8c (+) line. "Nice line, hard boulder at the beginning and than only endurance. Did after trying it on the second day, did on the third here in red river, I'm happy!" Two years ago, Adam Ondra made the second ascent by flashing it and now everyone agrees on Adam's personal down grade to 9a. In the Lead WC 2014, Stefano was #9 after having won one event and in the 8a ranking game, the italian is #3. Updated RRG info in a new blogspot.
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