Der Deutsche Max Räuber  kann sich die 15. Begehung von „The story of two worlds“ (8C) im schweizerischen Cresciano holen. Rechnet man die zwei Wiederholungen von Christof Rauch and Sebastian Cotting der „Tiefstart“-Variante (8C+) dazu hat er sogar schon 17. Begehungen. Der Boulder von Dave Graham aus dem Jahr 2005 dürfte damit der am meisten wiederholte Boulder im Grad 8C sein. Für Max, der eigentlich „The Dagger“ (8B+) klettern wollte, war es mehr eine „Notlösung“ da der Ausstieg von „The Dagger“ damals zu nass war. So checkte er seine Chancen in „The story of two worlds“ (8C).

Max Räuber bei Facebook: „Yesterday something special happened. After some really close goes in the sessions before I was finally able to climb „the story of 2 worlds“. This climb means a lot to me. I still remember how impressed I was when I first saw a picture of Dave Graham climbing it and how syked I got when I first saw it in reality. Years later when I tried the „Dagger“ I decided to try the moves of „Story…“ since the end of „Dagger“ was wet. The idea of climbing the full line was born even tho I was still struggling with „Dagger“. So over the years I tested my chances in „Story…“ Last year I came painfully close before it got to warm. But this season was mine. After constantly thinking about it during my training sessions I’m really happy to close this chapter.“

Foto: (c) Tom Thudium/Andrea Buchholz (offtoclimb)