Janja Garnbret climbs New Base Line (8B+) at Magic Wood
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Vladek Zumr
10 years after her first visit to Magic Wood, Janja Garnbret recently made a quick trip to Switzerland's enchanted forest where, unsurprisingly, she made swift work of some of the area's testpieces.
The stated aim of the 24-year-old Slovenian was to "get back to climbing after a rest and climb as many different boulders as I can", but after sending a flurry of problems up to 8A, she couldn't resist trying one of the most famous blocs of all, New Base Line. Put up by Bernd Zangerl and graded 8B+, Garnbret sent this fiece line of tiny crimps in just two sessions.
After the ascent Garnbret explained "Checked out the moves on my first session, felt really solid and already close to sending. On the send day I felt so tired and I doubted if I should even try it, still walked up to the boulder and surprised myself with a send on my 2nd try of the day. Soo psyched how quickly it went down!"
New Base Line is Garnbret's second 8B+, after Klem Loskot's Bügeleisen in Maltatal, Austria, which she sent in March 2022.
Other sends of the trip include:
Jack’s broken heart 8A/A+ (flash)
Left hand of darkness 8A/+A (flash)
Massive attack 8A+
Foxy Lady 8A
Muttertag 8A
Octopussy 8A
Sofasurfer 8A/A+
Right hand of darkness 7C+/8A
Unendliche geschichte 7C+/8A
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