5 August 2013

9b by Adam Ondra in Flatanger and a 9a in Hell

Yesterday, Adam Ondra made the FA of Iron Curtain 9b in Flatanger which was bolted by Lars Audun Nornes. "One project less, onto the next one! This one took me 6 days this trip plus quite many days of waiting for acceptable conditions. The sending was true heartbreaker, fell off one metre below the anchor because of wet hold in the morning, wanted to rest for the next day, but strong wind breaking the pole of the tents made me go out and send in a beutiful evening, together with Seb and Dharma." Two weeks ago Adam also put up Purgatory 9a FA in Hell, see the picture by Petr Pavlicek. During Ondra's first two weeks in Flatanger, the conditions were poor because of heavy rain prior to his arrival, and later due to temperatures of up to 29 degrees. However, now conditions are better, and Adam will start to project the routes he bolted in May.
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1. 89: Fabrice landry FRA - Matilde Brumagne BEL 1. 91: Mario Lechner AUT - Dinara Fakhritdinova RUS 1. 93: Adam Ondra CZE - Berit Schwaiger AUT Overall, the Austrians dominated as always and in the youngest female category, 4 out of the Top-7 were Austrian girls born -94!