La Rambla (climb)

La Rambla, or more precisely, since earlier versions were climbing of La Rambla original, La Rambla extension or La Rambla directa is currently one of the most difficult climbing routes for sport climbing. It is located in the Spanish Crags Siurana ( Tarragona ) in the El Pati sector. The name was inspired by her famous La Rambla, where in the center of Barcelona. Climbed for the first time Rotpunkt and officially it was first climbed in 2003 after prolonged treatment of the Spanish sport climber Ramón Julián Puigblanque. The difficulty was stated by him with 9a on the French grading scale.

Characterization

The route La Rambla (original, extension or directa ) is often simply called in the short form La Rambla. It is the central route in the El Pati sector and was provided by Alexander Huber and Ramón Julián Puigblanque with bolts. The rating by the international rating scale is French 9a . Of the recent repeaters, this classification was confirmed. Apart from a few other climbing routes in the grade 9a routes such as the Realization ( Céüse, France) or Corona ( Frankenjura, Germany ) is one of La Rambla so to the routes with the highest confirmed by repeaters difficulty.

The route is 45 meters high and depends more than 15 feet above. On the whole route 17 bolts are attached as an intermediate backup. Depending on the choice of handles has the route about 100 or more than 110 trains The particular difficulty of the route is on the one hand, that it is relatively long for a sport climbing route, the other in the past at the end of the route key point that handled by the climbers must be, if it is already exhausted after about 40 meters climbing.

The individual sections of the route can be described as follows: The route starts with a roughly ten meters high, abdrängenden and climb technically demanding entry tear in French Difficulty 8a / 8b. At the initial crack close about twenty meters athletic face climbing with heavy single site. Thus results for the first thirty meters of the route of the French Difficulty 8c. At the end of this passage, there is a rest point where the arms can relax a little bit after the first 80 moves. This recovery is possible but only if the climber is still somewhat recovered arrives at the point of rest. The key zone starts with a very small grip, compact and energy-sapping overhanging face climbing in the French Difficulty Fb 8a. This is followed by a cross passage leading to a final fine grip, five -meter zone.

Inspections

  • Ramón Julián Puigblanque in 2003 ( first ascent ) - after 30 to 40 trials.
  • Edu Marín Garcia in 2006 - after 22 attempts.
  • Chris Sharma in 2006 - after 12 attempts.
  • Andreas Bindhammer in 2007
  • Patxi Usobiaga Lakunza in 2007 - after 9 attempts
  • Adam Ondra in 2008 ( 15 years old ) - after 5 attempts within two days.
  • Felix Neumärker in March 2013
  • Alexander Mego in 2013 - on his second attempt.

Controversy

Ramón Julián Puigblanque opened with his statement that Sharma and Marin had used the wrong handles and the route was climbed so simple, a discussion of their performance. This is unusual because the free choice of handles in sport climbing is a common practice. If a route easier because repeaters are uncovering better handles, it is usually devalued. Since neither Sharma nor Marin devalue the route and at least Sharma already had experience with this degree, remains the route officially 9a . It remains unclear in the climbing scene, the question of what Puigblanque with his accusation was intended at all.

Variants

Over time, different variants of the original route La Rambla, which are valued differently and vary the itinerary or to the climbing route arose before the first ascent of La Rambla. The variants are:

  • Drilled La Rambla by Alexander Huber and 1994, after six weeks of work, first ascended. This variant is identical to the original above Rambla, but hears a few meters lower down, at 40 meters height. This route was in the 1990s, also one of the world's hardest climbs. Rating by the international rating scale French 8c
  • Variant de la Rambla, drilled by Alexander Huber and Dani Andrada, 1996 Rotpunkt first ascent, is the least -known line. It is 45 meters high and leads up with a right variant, which bypasses the key position of La Rambla original, the prior of La Rambla original. Rating by the international rating scale French 8c
Climbing area Siurana (Tarragona) Bolt (climbing) Realization (climb) Traverse (climbing)
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