23 February 2026

Laura Rogora doing Niobe (9a)

Laura Rogora, the Vertical-Life climber of 2025, repeated Adam Ondraโ€™s Niobe (8c+) last week in just four tries. โ€I had watched Adamโ€™s video, but not to checked the betas. Basically, before starting I only knew that after the first chain there was a palm-move boulder.โ€
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