I Thought It Was Impossible to Climb Inga 8c+/9a | Adam Ondra

Inga is a rather mysterious route, and the name in the epicentre of French climbing was established by a Japanese legend, Dai Koyamada. ✊ It is a weird route as it is a sitstart into an 8c called 7PM JP Chaud, which is my the 2nd 8c I had ever done back when I was 12 years old. I have a great memory of that trip when I did this 8c route, especially as I was there with my good friend Martin Stranik. We climbed in different crags almost daily, wild camping and chasing the highest possible number of routes harder than 8a within 10 days. I think I ticked 19, Martin ticked 18. ✌

This year in spring, having a couple of rainy days in Southern France, I made a visit on a particularly awful rainy day to this place, and I was able to climb these impossible moves and make an ascent of Inga, 8c+/9a. Moves felt much more doable this time, and I think that my progression in lead climbing has not been that significant over the years, but my progress in bouldering has been huge. But bouldering has been absolutely crucial for to really push these boundaries and make a step from 9a to 9b and then to 9c. The hardest routes in the world have very difficult boulder moves.

Check the new video and watch the whole commented climb in my membership section here ⏩    / @adamondra  .

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Timecodes:

00:00 - Intro
00:21 - Gorges du Loup, Nice, France
00:50 - Adam describes route Inga 8c+/9a
02:41 - First tries
03:42 - Watch commented climb in my membership section
04:38 - Fall
05:00 - 2nd try
07:05 - 1 minute rest
07.36 - 20sec rest
07:50 - Crux
08:20 - Top of Inga 8c+/9a
08:25 - Adam describes the difficulty
09:28 - Weather rules
09:45 - Outro

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Thumbnail picture by: Petr Chodura

Story by
Adam Ondra

Directed and edited by
Laco Korbel

Camera
Pavel Klement
Laco Korbel

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Production
Jan Verner
Jakub Pína
Kateřina Kuřátková

Subtitles by
Jarka Marčeková

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