24 February 2025

Linacisoro does 9a, flashes 8c and OS 8b+

Mikel Linacisoro has had two amazing days in Santa Linya where he first onsighted Rock fucks (8b+), then flashed La Fabelita (8c) followed by a redpoint of Seleccion natural left exit (9a).

Can you tell us more about those three amazing ticks?
Well, two or three months ago I climbed my first 8b+ onsight while I was visiting my home in the Basque Country. This time, we arrived on saturday to Santa Linya and it was raining, super humid... so after the first try of Seleccion I decided to not try it again. I wanted to rest all the day to be fresh for the next day, but I was too motivated to stay the whole day belaying... Rock Fucks was dry and in good conditions, so I decided to give it a try. I usually struggle a lot with kneebars, but this time I was able to climb quite good and found the good beta between these crazy tuffas and the big overhang. Such a great line too!

La Fabelita is a classic route in Santa Linya. I was belaying a friend the day before, and I was so psyched to try it! So while I was waiting for the shadow to come to Seleccion Natural, I could make a really good try. I climbed everything quite good and I was able to clip the chain of Fabelita. After that, when the shadow come to the main project I was so happy and motivated already.

Seleccion is an amazing king line here in Santa Linya! First day I came here in November I saw the route and I said, โ€okay, this will be my next project!โ€ I first tried it for like 5 days, more or less 8 tries. I felt good on the lower boulder problems, but broke my skin many times during the attempts and also fall on the last move like 3 times. This made everything a bit more difficult, but it was a great project until the send.
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