22 August 2019

The Illusionist 9a by Alexander Rohr

Alexander Rohr has recorded his fifth 9a, The Illusionist" in Flatanger. (c) Jon Solberg Hรธyland "I think i always had the level to do it. But it was very hard test mentally. Sometimes I could not climb on the route for more than a week because it was wet. Now I finally was lucky. Itโ€˜s a route from Adam. It is very good and very hard so I never wanted to bail. I basically never bail, and it was one of the routes I always wanted to do. A real hard route and not a random 9a somewhere from someone and no one knows if it is really is hard. I went to Flatanger last year to do it. Well, it was either raining heavily or super hot. I was close and had to leave empty handed. This July I came back, and again, it was more than 30 degrees and the route was wet on most of the days. So I had the plan B to come back in late August, and here I am."
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