12 July 2020

Napred I Nagore 9a by Niki Rusev (14)

Niki Rusev has done his first 9a, Napred I Nagore in Karlukovo. It starts with a 30 m 8c he did last month and then adds a ten-meter 8c+ roof followed by a five-meter 7B+ boulder. Ivailo Fazata put it up in 2015 as the first 9a in Bulgaria. "He taught me how to love climbing, taught me how to be disciplined and believe in myself." (c) Ivan Totev

"The hardest move on the 8c (Napred) is the last big jump for a hole. Then you must go to a very big crack. Then you slowly move your knees along the slit, as they are clamped, because there are no holds. Then the ceiling is turned. It gets even bigger. To send the 9a you have to go out through one of the eyes of the cave, and right in the end, there is a difficult boulder." More info on his Insta.
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