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First 9a by Samuel Ometz
Samuel Ometz, who has done 16 boulders 8B+ and 8C, has done his first 9a, Cabane au Canada in Rawyl. (c) Rainer Eder
"Summergoal achieved! Probably not the hardest for the grade, but a good challenge if you come from bouldering and have to build the endurance. I had some Finger injuries the past two years that didn't allow me to climb at 100%, which was getting frustrating over time. So this spring I decided to seriously try sport climbing as it's less intense on the fingers and there is a lot of climbing around my home that I never even tried. Now there are so many projects I want to do!
Plan for this autumn is to try some shorter routes to transition better to the bouldering winter season. The main two lines I want to try are Coup de grace and an unclimbed project close to my home.
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