12 March 2013

Zangerl's Viva la evolution - The world's first 8C!?

In 2001, Bernd Zangerl made the first repeat of Dreamtime for which FA Fred Nicole had proposed the world's first 8C. As the grade has been questioned a possible contender for the first 8C is Zangerl's Viva la evolution located close to his hometown Flirsch at 2 300 m, in Tirol. There are another 30 problems from 6a to 8a in the area with potential for more but the hike is 30 m. (c) Beat Kammerlander "It felt for sure way harder than Dreamtime. It took me two years of very hard work to complete." More from pioneer BerndZangerl.com who is one of the guys in the world having done most hard core FA and who also was a major playor for establishing Magic Woods.
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