Olivia Ogier ticks Aitzol (8c)

Olivia Ogier, with two 8b+ under her belt, has done Aitzol (8c) in Margalef. ”So damn cool. I drop kneed and went left into the crux pocket, hard move into the crimp before the jump. Had a heartbreaker fall a couple days ago at the very top… it’s not over up there lol. But 10/10!!! I had a singular day of mediocre conditions in this month of monsoons and I used it well :)”

Can you tell us more about the trip to Spain?
This trip to Margalef has been a constant battle against conditions… An unprecedented amount of rain has provided us very little dry rock and lots of humidity. Aitzol hasn’t been dry for weeks. But today, the sun finally came out and route was dry enough to go to the anchors. Luckily, all I needed was the one day of good weather (before the rain comes back tomorrow) to put the pieces together and send this beautiful route! I have my eye on a couple harder routes before I leave Spain… Fingers crossed the sun comes back!