8 November 2019

Joe Mama 9a+ by Anak Verhoeven

Anak Verhoeven report on Insta that she has done Joe Mama in Oliana. (c) Ezra Byrne In 2017, the Belgian was #3 in the World Cup and won the European Championship, has had got an elbow injury in September 2017 which has forced her to skip most of the comps in both 2018 and 2019. Her first 9a+, the FA of Sweet Neuf she did just before she got the injury. Please tell us about the process taking it down and what about your injury and the Olympics? I had never tried the route before this trip and it took me 10 redpoint attempts (so 10 tries after I had tried and memorized the moves). The key to climb it was finding the exact beta that suited me. I am not fully recovered unfortunately. The muscles in my arm are still more contracted on one side than on the other and that bothers me while climbing. The cause of that is still unclear. I have never tried to get an Olympic ticket actually, so I wonโ€™t try to get one via the European Championships either.
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