Katalin Paertan does Obszöner Zwerg SD (8A+)

Katalin Paertan, who last week did her first 8A+, has completed Obszöner Zwerg SD (8A+) in Hirschwände. ”Nice line with cool tricky moves, really had to fight through the last few moves. Very glad I could finish this one up today after gassing out at the end on Monday.”

Can you tell us more about the ascent and your great progress in 2025?
I did the stand start a year ago, so I was very motivated to get the sit done this season as well. I had a lot of fun figuring out the sequence in the first session, then it still took me a few sessions to put all the moves together as it drains quite a lot of energy and it gets basically unclimbable once the sun comes in.

This season I have felt quite a lot of improvement in my climbing as I have been working on getting better at my antistyles. Additionally, I have completed most of the physically demanding courses at university (Physical Education) so now I've finally had more time and energy to train more consistently, which seems to be paying off!