Jonathan Siegrist does Omen Nomen (9a)

Jonathan Siegrist, who last year did his seventh 9b, has repeated Omen Nomen (9a) in Arco. ”Felt so so good to try hard again after the last couple weeks nursing a rib injury. I can really see why this route is so popular - it's truly unique and also varied in a cool way. Stoked to climb it! 5 tries.”

What about the rib injury?
A couple weeks ago I took an unexpected sideways fall and the impact strained my intercostal muscles pretty bad. For the first few days I couldn't even hang on a pull up bar! Steep climbing seemed impossible so I started looking for more vertical routes that didn't give me much pain. When I first tried Omen Nomen there was no way I could do the crazy crux toe hook - just too much pain in my ribs, but after 5 more days or so I could do the crux and unlocked the route.

What is next?
We leave Arco in a couple days unfortunately. Hopefully we can come back soon with less injuries! For now I have a bunch of bolting and route developement back at home in Las Vegas.