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Adam Ondra has flashed Luftig kö till nålens öga, an 8B boulder at Hultastenen, Kjugekull, Sweden.
This week's Friday Night Videos are an insight into working sport climbs at the very highest level. Adam Ondra and Jakob Schubert take on 'Project Big' at Flatanger, Norway.
Ondra bolted Project Big on the same trip that he bolted Silence, the world's first 9c, although he considers this second route to be 'the real line of the cave.' The first video tracks Ondra's history with the cave since 2012, when he began bolting most of the major hard lines:
Schubert was invited by Ondra to combine forces and attempt the project together. This video shows the route from the Austrian's point of view:
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Adam Ondra has flashed Luftig kö till nålens öga, an 8B boulder at Hultastenen, Kjugekull, Sweden.
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The difference between the depths Ondra had in his video and the one of Schubert was astonishing. Schubert was mainly just stating repeatedly that he could send next go and that the conditions were rubbish, while Ondra went into the full of the experience, the texture of the rock...