20 August 2021
Pornographie 9a by Christoph Hanke
Christoph Hanke, who was #12 in the Chamonix World Cup in July, reports on Insta that he has repeated Alex Megos Pornographie 9a in Cรฉรผse. (c) Rainer Eder
How ฤome you did not use a knee pad and what are your next plans?
I didn't use a kneepad because Alex did not use a kneepad in his first ascent. For myself I try to minimalise using kneepads when it was not used by the first ascent. But there is no judgement at all it's my own philosophy. I am going to Barcelona to set the first routes in the new gym of Chris Sharma, the "Sharma gava climbing gym". The next World Cup in Lead is in Kranji in about two weeks and then comes the World Championship in Moscow.
How ฤome you did not use a knee pad and what are your next plans?
I didn't use a kneepad because Alex did not use a kneepad in his first ascent. For myself I try to minimalise using kneepads when it was not used by the first ascent. But there is no judgement at all it's my own philosophy. I am going to Barcelona to set the first routes in the new gym of Chris Sharma, the "Sharma gava climbing gym". The next World Cup in Lead is in Kranji in about two weeks and then comes the World Championship in Moscow.
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