
8 May 2023
Alex Ventajas onsights Panonoramix (8b+)
Alex Ventajas, who two months ago did his first 9a+, has onsighted Panonoramix (8b+) in . The 23-year-old has previously done six 8b's onsight and in the 8a ranking game he is #6.
Can you tell us more about the great onsight?
This was my very first 8b+ onsight. I felt close on other occasions, and as training, I often begin to climb a new route with the mindset to try to onsight it. This time I actually wasnโt thinking about that, because my idea was to try the moves of the 8c that shares the first chain with this 8b+. I think the hardest part of the route is the first five quickdraws, where there is a boulder which would be around 7c ish. After that, there is a power-endurance section till the first chain, where the 8b+ ends. Probably the fact that the crux was at the beginning helped me because I could look better at the holds from the ground, imagining how to do those moves. Also, when I managed to do the first hard section, I thought that it could be possible that the heaviest part was done, so I felt even more strong and motivated to do my best! In the end, I reached the 8b+ chain and I kept climbing through the L2, falling as I was getting out of the last crux of the 8c, just two moves before the last easy climbing section to the top!
Can you tell us more about the great onsight?
This was my very first 8b+ onsight. I felt close on other occasions, and as training, I often begin to climb a new route with the mindset to try to onsight it. This time I actually wasnโt thinking about that, because my idea was to try the moves of the 8c that shares the first chain with this 8b+. I think the hardest part of the route is the first five quickdraws, where there is a boulder which would be around 7c ish. After that, there is a power-endurance section till the first chain, where the 8b+ ends. Probably the fact that the crux was at the beginning helped me because I could look better at the holds from the ground, imagining how to do those moves. Also, when I managed to do the first hard section, I thought that it could be possible that the heaviest part was done, so I felt even more strong and motivated to do my best! In the end, I reached the 8b+ chain and I kept climbing through the L2, falling as I was getting out of the last crux of the 8c, just two moves before the last easy climbing section to the top!
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