26 August 2020
Santo celedon 9a FA by Jose Luis Palao
Jose Luis Palao has done the FA of Santo celedon 9a in Ilarduia. In 2020, the 35-year-old has now done eight routes 9a and 9a+ out of which five FA's. If he had been part of the 8a ranking game, he would have been #2 just ahead of Adam Ondra. (c) Alfonoso Martinez
"This route was a pending project equipped by Dani Andrada and Ignacio Mulero. Without a doubt for me, the best year of my life as a climber, more experience and more motivation. I will never be at the level of Adam Ondra and not even very close. I think the ranking can be dangerous for the new generation to go for points and ranking, doing new routes, many of them are over graded to score more..."
"This route was a pending project equipped by Dani Andrada and Ignacio Mulero. Without a doubt for me, the best year of my life as a climber, more experience and more motivation. I will never be at the level of Adam Ondra and not even very close. I think the ranking can be dangerous for the new generation to go for points and ranking, doing new routes, many of them are over graded to score more..."
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