Magnus Midtbø onsights 8c+ at Rodellar in Spain

Midtbø commented that he was both "Super psyched and surprised" and in doing so he joins the select few who have succeeded in sending 8c+ in this formidable style. It was in 2007 that Spain's Patxi Usobiaga first broke into this level of difficulty with his on-sight - and first ascent - of Bizi euskara at Etxauri, Spain. At the start of 2011 Adam Ondra repeated this feat with three 8c+ onsights in just a handful of days, while a few months later Ramon Julian Puigblanque immediately dispatched with The crew at Rifle (USA). And, as everyone no doubt knows, last month German climber Alexander Megos skipped the 8c+ grade entirely and checked in with the world's first 9a onsight.

TOPO: Rodellar, Spain