23 June 2021

Fingertest 9a Stephan Schibli (49)

Stephan Schibli, who previously has made seven 9a and harder FAs, has repeated his first 9a, Fingertest in Muotathal. “I tried the route a few years ago. Last summer for the last time, but it was definitely too warm and nothing worked. This year in good conditions I wanted to try the route again, because after a few first ascents of this level, repeating this route had long been on my wish list. In my opinion, some holds were missing in the upper part. I then found a solution a little on the left and was able to score the route the next day in top conditions.”

It seems none of your seven 9a and 9a+ FAs has been repeated? Why is that do you think?
It's not like the routes are in some area where nobody goes. Rather, they are in the classic areas of Central Switzerland. However, the style of the routes probably does not suit many top climbers. Technically difficult climbing on extremely small holds.

It should be mentioned that the 49-year-old also has made the FA of five 8c+, the first in 2001 and the last seven weeks ago. It seems that just one of them have been repeated.
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