28 November 2019
Lucifer 8c+ by Solveig Korherr
Solveig Korherr, who just did her first 8c+, has done one more, Lucifer in Red River Gorge. Amazingly she only needed four days. The German is now #1 in the 8a ranking game. (c) Jon Shen
"I was quite surprised to be able to do all the moves on my first day on Lucifer. On my second day, there were quite bad conditions at the cliff. I got on the climb just to practice the moves and make links. At the end of the day, a thunderstorm rolled in and there was a waterfall seeping down and coming off of the anchors! On my third day, I made some very good links when I managed to stick the lower crux but I fell in the upper crux sequence going to the ledge.
On my fourth day, I did it on the third go of the day, having fallen even higher (one move from the jug rest). However, after a little pep talk, I fought super hard to make it to the rest. Despite being nervous, I calmed myself down and climbed quickly through the upper section (a pumpy 7c+/8a) to the chains."
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