Han Seuran does Puro Dreaming (8c+)

Han Seuran has been on a trip to Arco together with her husband Hyunbin Min where she sent Puro Dreaming (8c+). Min projected Excalibur (9b+) and Erebor (9b), and is eager to return. In 2012 he won a World Cup and in 2018 he made a comeback after four years and got two bronzes. Last year, comeback again and in Seoul this year, he made semifinals. Seuran’s best year was in 2011 when she three times made the finals.

Can you tell us more about the trip?
The main purpose of this trip was definitely to check out Excalibur, and my wife also wanted to try some more hard routes as a project, like 9a or 9a+, cause last winter she sent two 8c+’ quickly in Santa Linya.

She was interested in Puro Dreaming plus (9a) but the Underground part was completely wet due to heavy rain until last week, and even some parts of Puro Dreaming were looking impossible to climb.

Anyhow, she tried with bad conditions and she liked that it using lot of chalk on the wet holds. The holds didn’t dry out completely, but when it felt a little drier than the first day, the moves felt much easier. She finally sent it after 5 days. The next goal is to have more experience on 9a and 9a+.

We both love climbing so much, it was such a fun trip and we are planning another trip next year. We didn‘t really have a rest day, because we belay each other every other day ;-) (Like one day climb and one day belay).

And 11/11 is actually our anniversary. We first dating was 11/11/2006 and got married on 11/11/2017. It was nice to have our anniversary in the middle of the trip.

You actually started dating at age 14 and 17? Did you meet in the gym?
Yes! Man that’s really loooooong story to tell. We have same date of birth too, it’s really really special I think😆