The strong Czech Adam Ondra is taking it a little easier on the natural rock at the moment. But sometimes something really hard comes out of it.
In August of this year, Adam drilled two difficult projects in the Vranjača Cave near Zadar, close to the traditional Croatian climbing crag of Paklenica. He was able to score the left route „A je to“, named after Adam’s favorite Czech comic, relatively quickly and graded it 9a/+.

Adam had to come back to the right-hand route in September. The route name „B je to„, as an allusion to the name of the first route, has no real meaning, but according to Adam, it would be free to be renamed for a repeater.

According to Adam, the route, like „A je to“, is a small-grip endurance route, but in contrast it has a tough single pitch. Adam was able to successfully climb the crux on the 2nd day of the trip and Croatia now has its first 9b route.

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