Hakuna Matata 9a by Giuseppe Nolasco (37)

15 February 2022

Giuseppe Nolasco has done Hakuna Matata (9a) in Cubo. The 37-year-old, 160 cm tall Italian, did his first 9a in 2019 and he's currently having his best year ever. Two days ago he also did L'ira (8c+). His previous peak was in 2010 when he did four 8c+ routes. (c) Samuele Negrato

"I started trying Hakuna Matata after my ascent of Ground zero (9a) at Tetto di Sarre in 2019. Immediately realized that despite being the same grade, the difference between the routes is considerable. In the autumn of 2019, I tried it for several weekends and after the first few days I started joining the sections, but when it was time to send it, the route got completely wet. Then between lockdown and restrictions, I did not try it for two years.

In October 2021, I had five days of attempts falling on the penultimate hold, then the whole route got wet and I couldn't try it again until now. After a further four days of work on the route I managed to do Hakuna Matata, a very hard 9a in my opinion."

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