The hunt is on. In a bid to climb the world’s hardest sport route, Stefano Ghisolfi announced Monday that he started projecting ‘Silence,’ 5.15d/9c.
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Adam Ondra’s 2018 masterpiece has entertained few suitors in the intervening 4-plus years since the first ascent. In fact, no one else has really tried it — at one point, Pete Whittaker jugged up to see whether he could climb the crack in the wildly steep roof.
Turned out his alternate beta worked, but the “impossibly hard looking” V13/14 boulder problems surrounding the fissure discouraged him from trying any other moves on the rig.
Now, Ghisolfi will make a concerted effort to grab the second ascent of the world’s first 5.15d — and he promised to broadcast his progress.
Keep an eye on Instagram and tune in to Ghisolfi’s YouTube channel every Thursday evening (U.S. Central time) for the freshest dishes from the cave in Flatanger, Norway. “I’ll try to tell you the whole process behind this project,” the Italian crusher said on Instagram.
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