Domen Škofic does Move (9b/+)

Domen Škofic, who the last ten years has completed six 9a+’, has sent Move (9b) in Flatanger. The Slovenian athlete won the overall World Cup in 2016 and retired from IFSC competitions after the 2022 season.

Can you tell us more about the ascent?
It’s still hard to put this in to words because the send try I had yesterday felt unreal. Perfect conditions, perfect flow, just everything feel in the right place.

After all the “easier” classics last September I finally decided to try and stick to something harder in the cave. Thanks to sharing energy and beta with Jorge [Diaz-Rullo] I progressed faster than expected and in not more than two weeks after I actually had a decent chance of doing it but my time ran out and I had to go… In a route like this with such a hard boulder on the end you never really know how close you actually are… but that’s why I decided to return and see what happens.

I came by car this time all the way from Slovenia with my girlfriend and I took it easy at the start. It took me few sessions to refresh my memory and get back the proper flow but quite soon after that I started doing good tries and almost every try was a bit better.

What is next?
I can stay until 31st of May, I will take it a bit more chill now but I’m psyched to find myself an even harder project here and return again. … but not just for the projects, I like the life here a lot!