21 February 2018

Jorg Verhoeven's 9b Project

Jorg Verhoeven, one of the leading multi-discipline climbers the last 15 years who won the Lead overall WC in 2008, has launched his Project-9b website. The good news is that it has a training set up so you can follow exactly how he trains and get motivated to do something similar. He has also listed and given specific info of the routes he has tried, including the chosen one - Fight or Flight in Oliana. (c) Tobias Lanzanasto "What's nice about the route is: It's short, which means you can do quite some tries in a day You only stop to clip 3(!) times during the hard part The holds are relatively friendly It is freaking amazing to climb on What about loosing weight just before next trip and how does the time plan look like? I'm not a fan of losing weight, even on short notice. I think power will reduce, and risk of injury will increase. March 1 - 15. I will try to send this trip, and if not come back in April, and eventually next year. That way you might understand the pressure is reduced quite a lot. Open time frame...
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