Alex Megos sends Le bruit de l’acid (9b)

Alex Megos, with a dozen routes 9b or beyond to his name, has repeated Jules Marchaland’s Le bruit de l’acid (9b) in Claret. Here is the Vertical-Life interview from last November. ”Worked the route for 3 days and then sent on day 4 after a rest day. Such a good move in the middle!! Dyno from a little pinch to a tufa. Unbelievable that such a move exists not only on the Kilterboard 😂 Very much my style I would say. Not the hardest of 9b's, but also not 9a+ anymore in my eyes.” (c) Sam Bie

Can you tell us more about the ascent?
Well it all started with seeing the video of Jules and after talking to him he said it's like an 8B Kilterboard boulder in the middle of the route 😂. That of course got me psyched. The weather in the Frankenjura was not too good a couple of weeks ago so we made the decision to come to Claret to finally climb on rock again. Already on the first day I knew the route is totally my style. I could do all the moves without too much trouble. On day 2 and 3 I worked on sequences and made sure I have the end dialed. On day 4 (after a rest day) the weather was pretty windy, so quite good for sending. I redid the moves for warm up, gave it one go, fell on the huge drive by move, rested for 45min and then did it.

What are your competition plans for 2026?
Not sure yet to be honest. Focus is definitely on rock, but I'm not sure how many (if any) world cups I'm doing.