Jorge Diaz-Rullo puts his mega-project on hold and keeps the 8b+ onsights flowing
What's been your highpoint on your Cafe Colombia project? Any thoughts on the grade?
Well... I don't know about the grade 😅 My high point is in the last crux. After this crux, you have another 7C boulder problem but this boulder I know so well and maybe I will not fall. Until this last crux you climb the whole Cafe solo (9b) and some more hard moves. When you climb the part of 'Café solo' you have a very bad rest just for taking chalk and after that it is like 3 quickdraws around a long 8B boulder problem or a short 8c+ route.
Have you done any specific training?
I just train on the route, doing links or putting weight and some fingerboard. The rest is general training in order to get stronger but nothing specific.
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