Lorenzo Bogliacino does two 9a’s

Lorenzo Bogliacino, with six 9a+’ under his belt, has during a trip to Santa Linya sent Direct into your Fabelita (9a) and Fabela pa la enmienda (9a). (c) Marta Palou

Can you tell us more about the the trip and the 9a’s?
I usually prefer to use the winter season for training. I’ve always struggled with climbing in winter—way too hot! Jokes aside, I really have a hard time climbing in the sun, and the extreme day-to-day changes in conditions have never made me love this season.

This year, I took advantage of the fact that I worked during the December holidays and therefore had a few days off in January (free time is more important than money!) and decided to challenge myself!

Even though the rock at Santa Linya isn’t among the best around, the routes are really fun and the kind of effort they require is one of my favorites. I obviously jumped straight onto the famous “Fabela pa la enmienda”, and after struggling a bit with the first pitch, I found myself battling through the entire route in a long 1 hour and 15 minute attempt, like I usually do.

Afterwards, I decided to try something shorter, and with a few tricky kneebars I managed to unlock the hard entry of “Direct into your fabelita”, which isn’t exactly my style! Unfortunately, bad weather arrived, the crag truly turned into a waterfall and we weren’t able to finish the final projects we had started. Still, I’m super happy to have climbed routes of this level in this season and right at the beginning of the year!