First Polish 8C - "Obsesja" by Łukasz Dudek

The problem is a combination of an existing boulder and a large, new wall. The new part is the most difficult section. "Obsesja" begins with "Forest Gump 6C, continues with 12 new moves, flows into "Szatańskie Wersety 8A/+, and finishes with "Egzekutor 7B+".

On Alpine Wall Tour Łukasz wrote:
"After about 40-50 days spent on this project I finally managed to join all the moves into one big sequence. For the first time I've had an occasion to face a problem which took me so much time. I don't know how hard it is. I can be only sure that I've come to the end of my physical abilities. Neither in the past nor in the future will I be able to do anything more difficult. The problem took control over my mind, it became an obsession of some kind... I'm glad I'm free now..."

It is good to note that the name of this Boulder, "Obsesja", means Obsession in Polish.

Łukasz maintains the lead in the Polish climbing community for the last few years. He does the hardest routes and deals with myths (Pandemonium).
He is a multi-talented climber, who has done some difficult multi-pitch routes as well (End of Silence, Kaisers neue Kleider, Brento Centro, Silbergeier, Bellavista).

For years Łukasz has climbed in Poland, too, where he finds ever new challenges, as it is easy to see. Congratulations!!!

source: wspinanie.pl
photo: Jacek Matuszek
translation: D.