Watch Adam Ondra establish El Potro 9a at Margalef
Despite his best efforts, at the end of 2020 Adam Ondra was unable to repeat the 9b+ Perfecto Mundo at Margalef in Spain. During a few days of "rest" away from his main project, the Czech climber managed to send some other lines, including the first free ascent of El Potro at El Laboratori. Bolted by Dani Andrada, the line shares the same start as Chris Sharma's 9b First Round First Minute, which Ondra had repeated in 2014, but then continues direct to the top of the crag. Ondra reveals how.
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2012 Change 9b+, Flatanger, Norway. First ascent: Adam Ondra Repeat: Stefano Ghisolfi, 2020
2013 La Dura Dura 9b+, Oliana Spain. First ascent: Adam Ondra. Repeat: Chris Sharma, 2013
2013 Vasil Vasil 9b+, Sloup, Repubblica Ceca. First ascent: Adam Ondra
2017 Silence 9c Flatanger, Norway. First ascent: Adam Ondra
2018 Perfecto Mundo 9b+, Margalef, Spain. First ascent: Alexander Megos Repeats: Stefano Ghisolfi 2018, Jakob Schubert 2019
2020 Bibliographie 9c, Céüse, France. First ascent: Alexander Megos