On the begin of this year Adam sends a repeat of „La Furia de Jabali“ (9a+) in the Spanish climbing area Siurana. It was the fourth ascent of the route by William Bosi, which Adam, like the other two repeaters (Jakob Schubert and Alexander Megos), sees more in grade 9a+. In October last year Adam Ondra could complete the first ascent of the „Absolutorium“ 9a in the crag Beckov in Slovakia. So far so good, nothing „spectaculare“ you think. What makes the route or the project so special that this project was visionary bolted 27 years ago Tomáš „Svišť/Marmot“ Pilka. At that time the „Action directe“, as the first 9a route was just four years old and still unrepeated. According to Adam Ondra, the route „Absolutorium“, romantically located under a ruined castle, is one of the most beautiful 9a routes in Slovakia, which only a year earlier had seceded from the Czech Republic.

Adam: „In 1994, Tomáš Pilka, nicknamed Svišť (means marmot) bolted the whole line of this overhanging line, starting from the obvious ledge 20meters above the ground and he said: “You have to be as good as Sylvester Stallone in Cliffhanger in order to climb this route” Funnily enough, some of the climbing shots for Cliffhanger were filmed with Wolfgang Güllich who is the first person ever to send 9a a few years earlier in 1991! The route is now called Absolutorium 9a (Beckov, Slovakia), and it is definitely one of the nicest 9a’s in former Czechoslovakia (Czechia and Slovakia have been separated since 1993). Incredible to vision to bolt this thing 27 years ago“

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