Andrea Chelleris, 16, does Ciudad de Dios (9a)

Andrea Chelleris, who the last month previously has sent three 9a’s, has completed Ciudad de dios (9a) in Santa Linya. The 16-year-old Italian, who won the Euro Youth Cup, is #1 in the Vertical-Life Youth ranking game. (c) Emile Pino - Pino pictures

Can you tell us more about the ascent?
After I sent La Fabela (8c+) I decided to try Ciudad de dios which adds a harder start to La Fabela. From the first go I could do the moves well and I started falling on the first crux on my second try. Then yesterday I came and got close on my first 3 attempts but the conditions were humid so every time something was slipping. I wanted to go back home to try it the next day but when a bit of sun got on the wall the conditions got better so I decided to give one more try. I was tired so I had to do all the moves without any mistakes. It worked out and I passed the crux but it wasn’t finished because I had all the Fabela part, so on the jug I stayed a lot to get all the pump away in order to arrive fresh on the very last crux. I had to fight a bit but fortunately I wasn’t close to fall.