Pavel Blazek reports on Instagram that Adam Ondra has sent pitch #14 on which he fell seven times yesterday. Later he fell on the last move on pitch #15 but Adam plans to go for one more try even if he is worried about his skin. Gradewise, it is interesting that these two 9a pitches have given him so much trouble and it just confirms that what Jorgesson and Caldwell did was amazing.

Adam Ondra has sent both pitches 14 and 15 during his fifth day on the Dawn Wall. He comments on his Black Diamond blog: “Day 5. As day 4 was a complete disaster, I still felt a lot of pressure, as I knew that sending pitch 14 is almost a must. But today, my mindset was different. I tried to make jokes, being relaxed and focused only just before the climbing. I was lucky enough to be precise and send pitch 14 (5.14d) on my first go after a little warm up.⠀ ⠀ “Pitch 15 (5.14c or d) was next. This pitch is much longer and has a very nice and enjoyable 5.13c intro (with a few normal holds and even footholds) and a heinously sharp boulder problem at the end of the pitch. After chalking up the holds, I had a heartbreaking fall, a few moves below the jug of glory... and I had to face a hard decision. Should I give it one more try and try risk cutting my skin open or wait for tomorrow? It was rather unsure whether my skin would be better the next day. I took the first option. I started climbing again and despite feeling strong, my skin was really soft and sweaty. On the jug below the boulder problem, I almost thought my decision was wrong. I kept going nevertheless and somehow made it through the crux, where I had to improvise with my beta, as I was unable to reach with my foot all the way due to my sliding fingers from the razorblades. Getting to the anchor was emotional of course.⠀ ⠀ “Let's continue tomorrow. Still quite a few exciting pitches, but none of them are as sharp and hard as these two.”⠀ (c) Pavel Blazek

National Geographic in depth interview after the falls on pitch #14. It should be noted that this sentence could be said is misleading as they top roped almost half the pitches. "Finally, over 19 continuous days in January 2015, Caldwell and Jorgeson achieved the first free ascent of the route—meaning they climbed each and every pitch in its entirety without a fall."

Adam Ondra reports on Instagram that he fell seven times on the first 9a pitch during day 4. "Damn! Climbed super poorly, so much pressure, so nervous! Needed 7 tries to make it through the first boulderproblem on pitch 14, a boulderproblem that i never really found very hard before, but somehow felt really hard today. I slipped on my first try, then on my second try, then just freaked out and felt so insecure with my feet trying to climb as carefully as possible but kept slipping nevertheless. Then, on my 7th try, I did the boulderproblem, and fell from the last move. Hard to find some optimism, but I will try it again. Tomorrow and hopefully with better mindset. Thanks everyone for encouragement! I am sorry for today, hopefully there is still the chance!"

The mayor of Leonidio, Lysikatos Haralampos, was elected in 2013 and since then he has given a high priority for climbing and also created space in the budget for buying bolts and improving parkings and paths. During the climbing festival he also tried climbing for the first time. - Safety and quality is very important for us and please feel free to contact us and share your opinion. We plan to set up signs at the sector with important info such as emergency telephone number, general safety and collect your garbage infoetc. Next year we plan to run yet another climbing festival. As we do not have any prior knowledge to climbing we are very glad for everyone that is helping out to develop Leonidio. We do not want just positive feedback. We want everyone to give their honest opinion and advice so we can learn and improve.

Normalde 3. günün dinlenme olmasına karar vermiş olmasına rağmen, Adam Ondra tırmanışa devam etti ancak ne yazık ki hesabından duyurduğuna göre Instagram yedi defa ilk 9a ip boyundan düştü. "Lanet be! Mal gibi tırmandım, çok fazla baskı, çok fazla endişe! 14. ip boyunun ilk kısakaya problemini geçebilmek için 7 defa denemem gerekti. Aslında daha önce bu problemde fazla zorlanmamıştım ama bugün çok zor geliyor. İlk denememde kaydım, ikincisinde çok dengesiz hissettim ve korktum ve yine de sürekli kaymaktan kurtulamadım. Ardından 7. denememde bu kısmı geçtim ancak bu sefer de son hamleden düştüm. İyimser kalmak zor ancak yine deneyeceğim. Umarın yarın ve daha temiz bir zihinle. Cesaretlendiren herkese teşekkürler. Bugün için üzgünüm, umarım hala bir şans vardır!"

Adam Ondra comes with the great news on Instagram, "Tired but relieved face! Made it up to the start of pitch 14! As @alexhonnold brought some dark chocolate for @tommycaldwell and @kjorgeson on their push and it seemed it helped them, Heinz did the same today. But he told me that I must deserve it first:-) And send pitch 10. I did in rather dramatic way on my 2nd go. Then, I almost finished the chocolate while having a few heartbreaking goes on the pitch 12 to calm my nerves. Luckily it all worked out and we are getting deserved sleep. More detailed info on @blackdiamond and @mytendon coming soon." On Pavel Blazek's Instagram, Adam explains that he actually did send pitch 12 on his fourth go and here you have the full report on Black Diamond including speculating an upgrade of an 8b+ pitch. Tendon has also presented all news from Adam the last month. Tomorrow Adam plans to rest and then go for the crux pitches; 9a, 9a and 8c+. It should be noted that during the FA Caldwell and Jorgesson needed six days to do the first 13 pitches swing lead, i.e. half on top rope.

It is quite common that hard core routes get intermediate anchors, i.e. an extra bolt is placed on a 9a route and makes it an 8c or so. This is something that, in our opinion, could also be done on easier routes in order to create more challenges. In Leonidio, Claude Remy has put up a sector with several 23 meter long 6b's with intermediate anchors at some 15 meters above the ground, creating some 5c's. It is a very good initiative and hopefully this trend will spread around the globe.

Adam Ondra harika haberlerle geliyor Instagram, "Yorgun ama rahatlamış durumdayım! 14. İp boyuna ulaştım! @alexhonnold @tommycaldwell ve @kjorgeson için çukalata getirdiği gibi, Heinz de aynısını bana yaptı ama önce bunu haketmem gerektiğini söyledi:-) 10. İp boyunu dramatik biçimde ikinci denememde çıkabildim. Ardından, 12. İp boyuna yaptığım birkaç umut kırıcı denemem sırasında çukalatayı neredeyse bitirdim. Neyseki tüm yorgunluğumuza değdi ve biraz uykuyu hakettik. Daha çok bilgi için @blackdiamond ve @mytendon coming soon." On Pavel Blazek's Instagram, Adam 12. İp boyunu 4. denemesinde çıkışını açıklıyor full report on Black Diamond Tendon Yarın Adam dinlenmeyi ve ardından kilit ip boylarını denemeyi planlıyor; 9a, 9a ve 8c+. Şunu da belirtelim ki i.Ç. sırasında Caldwell ve Jorgesson 13. İp boyunu bitirmek için 6 güne ihtiyaç duymuşlardı.

Adam Ondra harika haberlerle geliyor Instagram, "Yorgun ama rahatlamış durumdayım! 14. İp boyuna ulaştım! @alexhonnold @tommycaldwell ve @kjorgeson için çukalata getirdiği gibi, Heinz de aynısını bana yaptı ama önce bunu haketmem gerektiğini söyledi:-) 10. İp boyunu dramatik biçimde ikinci denememde çıkabildim. Ardından, 12. İp boyuna yaptığım birkaç umut kırıcı denemem sırasında çukalatayı neredeyse bitirdim. Neyseki tüm yorgunluğumuza değdi ve biraz uykuyu hakettik. Daha çok bilgi için @blackdiamond ve @mytendon coming soon." On Pavel Blazek's Instagram, Adam 12. İp boyunu 4. denemesinde çıkışını açıklıyor full report on Black Diamond Tendon Yarın Adam dinlenmeyi ve ardından kilit ip boylarını denemeyi planlıyor; 9a, 9a ve 8c+. Şunu da belirtelim ki i.Ç. sırasında Caldwell ve Jorgesson 13. İp boyunu bitirmek için 6 güne ihtiyaç duymuşlardı.