Andreas Bindhammer repeats Abysse 9a/a+
On October 26, Andreas Bindhammer carried out the first repeat of Abysse, the 9a first ascended by Alexandre Chabot in Déversé (Gorges du Loup, France).
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| On October 26, Andreas Bindhammer carried out the first repeat of Abysse, the 9a first ascended by Alexandre Chabot in Déversé (Gorges du Loup, France). Andreas worked the route for 16 days (spread out over six weeks) before sending the 40 move, completely natural line. Unfortunatly during his attempts two footholds broke and this is why Andreas states "Abysse is a route without compromises: it has no rest whatsoever throughout all it's 40 moves and for me it was a total challenge." The German climber continues: "With the two footholds I broke that are now missing, my feeling is that it's a really hard 9a , I would say 9a/a+. Abysse is also the harderst route I've ever climbed: I found it more demanding than KinematiX or Ground Zero, both graded 9a..." So, for once at least, a route which is regraded... upwards. We'll hear more about this yet!
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