13 April 2017
Going for 9a being 49 years old and 159 cm
Andrea Gennari Daneri from Pareti Magazine has conducted an interview with Alfreddo Webber, who at 49 years old is developing into a 9a climber. Last year, he has done four 8c's, including Reini's vibes 8c+, Video, in Arco.
"Iโm close to 50 yo and now I work full time in a quarry, five days a week, 8 hrs a day. I wake up at 7am, breakfast, then 20 kms drive to the quarry. Back home at 6pm. Two days a week I have training on my wall at home. Itโs a 1h 30โ work, basically long sequences, with intervals of some harder moves; then some hangs on crimps. When Iโm projecting something hard for Sunday I have to rest on Friday and Saturday, otherwise I get weak. Iโm less powerful than 20 years ago, but now I know myself better and I manage better my energies.
Howโs that you reached the top at 49 and not 25 years ago?
Because I broke up with climbing at the age of 26, but I figure out that, if healthy, I have still some chances of improvement. (In 2013, he had a bad accident doing a big pendulum in Arco. It is just recently he removed the last steel from his leg.)
Aged climbers usually prefer slab climbing?
I like overhangs because Iโm very short (1,59) and I need to find different betas for some sequences. I like slabs, too, but on lower grades.
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