3 December 2014

Five 8a+ to 8b (+) onsights by Ghisolfi in RRG

Stefano Ghisolfi has had an amazing first week in Red River Gorge where he beside having done one 9a, Southern Smoke Direct has done five 8a+ and harder onsights including Omaha Beach 8b (+). Interesting is that he has marked all eight routes he has done as "Soft". How do you like the sand stone and what about the grades? The quality of the rock is great, very different from the crags I am used to climb in, in Italy. There are a lot of variety of styles. The grades I think are half grade softer than Italy or Europe, or maybe the routes just fit my style. Stefano, who won one World Cup this year, is #3 in the 8a ranking game after Ondra and Ramonet. More info on his RRG blogspot
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