20 January 2025
David Bermudez Carbonell, 15, does two 8c+ (9a)
David Bermudez Carbonell, who sent five 9a's in 2024, has done
La Bongada (8c+/9a)
in Margalef and (H)as de-cotaciones (8c+) in Cuenca. (c) Nieves Ruiz
Can you tell us more about the latest hard ascents?
I went to Margalef last Christmas with the goal of improving my onsight climbing and trying to do a 9th grade route . I decided to try la Bongada, an 8c+/9a in Espadelles and I could quickly progress faster than I expected. After five days of work, I could redpoint the route after falling three times on the last hard moves. Some days before I went to Racรณ de Misa , where I could climb three routes onsight, an 8a, an 8a+ and Hidrofobia 8b.
Then I returned to my home crag, Cuenca. Past Saturday I could send (H)as de-cotaciones, a very solid and hard 8c+ in a total of 6 tries. I tried 3 tries on December 2024 and 3 tries on Saturday.
Can you tell us more about the latest hard ascents?
I went to Margalef last Christmas with the goal of improving my onsight climbing and trying to do a 9th grade route . I decided to try la Bongada, an 8c+/9a in Espadelles and I could quickly progress faster than I expected. After five days of work, I could redpoint the route after falling three times on the last hard moves. Some days before I went to Racรณ de Misa , where I could climb three routes onsight, an 8a, an 8a+ and Hidrofobia 8b.
Then I returned to my home crag, Cuenca. Past Saturday I could send (H)as de-cotaciones, a very solid and hard 8c+ in a total of 6 tries. I tried 3 tries on December 2024 and 3 tries on Saturday.
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