
5 June 2017
FA de 9b para Steve McClure (45)
BMC (British Mountaineering Council) publica hoy que Steve McClure ha hecho Rainman, su proyecto de toda una vida en Malhalm, cotรกndolo en el 9b.
Aquรญ podรฉis leer parte de un artรญculo de 2015 en el que se describรญa a sรญ mismo como una 'flor tardรญa', cuando hicimos una revisiรณn de su autobiografรญa - Beyond the Limits.
Habiendo dedicado aรฑos a la escalada tradicional, Steve empezรณ con la deportiva cuando tenรญa 24 aรฑos. A los 26 hizo su primer 8a (de hecho era 8b) y al aรฑo subiรณ desde el 8a al 8c+. Dos aรฑos despuรฉs, en 1998, hizo la FA de Mutation 9a, pero como nadie la ha repetido todavรญa parte de la comunidad piensa que es 9a+. Ademรกs, apร rte de Jordan Buys (que repitiรณ Rainshadow 9a+ en Malham), Adam Ondra es el รบnico que ha repetido alguno de sus 9a's o 9a+ que dijo que vรญas como Overshadow 9a+ se hallaba 'entre el rango alto del grado y 3 estrellas'.
En realidad, usando las variaciones modernas de combos entre vรญas como patrรณn, Steve ha hecho en verdad mรกs 9a's, pero รฉso es algo personal ya que รฉl quiere que todas sus vรญas sean de la mayor calidad.
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