29 October 2022
Lรณpez and Potoฤar win epic MP show
Yesterday, the Olympic winner Alberto Gines Lรณpez spent an hour trying and obsessing on the crimpy, Poison the Well (8C+), until it got cold and dark.
15 hours later he is on the last belay station on the Red Bull Duel Ascent, watching his team mate, the 2022 World Cup winner Luka Potoฤar totally exhausted and sweaty going for the last and sixth 8a pitch.
โI saw Domen (Skofic) was ahead and I just told Luka to fight. Once (Jernej) had taken his unfortunate fall, possibly due to accepting a bigger risk, I had recovered and had full control although I was exhausted.โ
How about making this an Olympic discipline, the spectators seem to love it?
Please No :)
Luka: It was a totally new experience. I was exhausted as if I had never been in a competition before but is was great trying to stay on the wall. But I feel bad for Jernej and Domen.
Jernej: I blame my bouldering career. We tried to go so fast in the first pitches but in the end I was just too pumped.
15 hours later he is on the last belay station on the Red Bull Duel Ascent, watching his team mate, the 2022 World Cup winner Luka Potoฤar totally exhausted and sweaty going for the last and sixth 8a pitch.
โI saw Domen (Skofic) was ahead and I just told Luka to fight. Once (Jernej) had taken his unfortunate fall, possibly due to accepting a bigger risk, I had recovered and had full control although I was exhausted.โ
How about making this an Olympic discipline, the spectators seem to love it?
Please No :)
Luka: It was a totally new experience. I was exhausted as if I had never been in a competition before but is was great trying to stay on the wall. But I feel bad for Jernej and Domen.
Jernej: I blame my bouldering career. We tried to go so fast in the first pitches but in the end I was just too pumped.
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