19 January 2014

Action Direct 9a - Ground Breaking #1

Based on 1 000 unique votes, Action Direct 9a by Wolfgang Güllich in 1991, did get 60 % of the votes, the most ground breaking ascents #1? Action Direct was bolted by visionary Milan Sykora in the mid 80-ies and after a lot of specific training, where he actually invented the campus board, Güllich made the FA in 1991. Originally Wolfgang suggested XI = hard 8c+ for the 11 - 16 move shallow finger pocket route but all repeaters have given it 9a. The first repeat was done in 1995 and the second, out of 15, was done in 2000. It is also interesting that nobody have repeated AD during the last two years. 60 % - 1991: Action Direct 9a by Güllich 13 % - 2012: Change 9b+ by Ondra 09 % - 2001: Biographie 9a+ by Sharma 06 % - 2013: Estato Critico 9a OS by Megos 05 % - 1995: Akira 9b by Rouhling 04 % - 2008: Es Pontas by Sharma 04 % - Other: Hubble 8c+ (9a) the most mentioned
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