26 October 2014

Underground 9a by Reffo Silvio

Silvio Reffo has done Underground in Arco which lately is one of the most repeated 9a's (8c+) in the world. The Italian has previously done one 9a and one 9a+ and he is #5 in the ranking game. The chipped route, which actually was the world's first real big roof that was climbed, was first done in 1998 by Manfred Stuffer and graded 8c+/9a. Gerhard Hörhager, who projected the route together with Manfred, has said he does not believe the FA and he took it personal and stopped climbing for a year when it happened. In some topos, Manfred is not mentioned as FA. On the picture by Luka Fonda, Domen Skofic does it.
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