{"id":14205,"date":"2022-12-02T03:40:39","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T03:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/02\/watch-alexander-megos-tag-the-first-ascent-of-the-journey-5-15b\/"},"modified":"2022-12-02T03:40:39","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T03:40:39","slug":"watch-alexander-megos-tag-the-first-ascent-of-the-journey-5-15b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/12\/02\/watch-alexander-megos-tag-the-first-ascent-of-the-journey-5-15b\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Alexander Megos Tag the First Ascent of \u2018The Journey\u2019 5.15b"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-177316\">\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Screen-Shot-2022-12-01-at-3.48.35-PM-300x185.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"QwjykRehg7M\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"THE FULL JOURNEY 9B FA of Alexander Megos\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QwjykRehg7M?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline-wrapper grid-x\">\n<p class=\"byline\">December 1, 2022<span class=\"pipe\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>By <a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/author\/sanderson\" title=\"Posts by Sam Anderson\" rel=\"author noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Anderson<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"gjan\" data-nosnippet=\"\">\n<div>Support us! GearJunkie might earn a small fee from affiliate hyperlinks on this article. <a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/privacy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn extra<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<section class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p class=\"lead-in\">If you\u2019re on the journey to climb the toughest route in Margalef, Spain \u2014 effectively, \u2018The Journey\u2019 is a giant piece of it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alexander Megos has climbed higher than anybody else<\/strong> within the Spanish conglomerate epicenter of Margalef for the previous a number of years.<\/p>\n<p>No, I imply it. In 2018, Megos established the realm\u2019s hardest route, \u201c<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DXnJo_BaZ-s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Perfecto Mundo<\/a><\/strong>,\u201d at 9b+\/5.15c. This October, he roared again to Margalef\u2019s yawning popcorn roofs to wrestle down \u201cThe Journey,\u201d 5.15b, maybe its second-hardest climb.<\/p>\n<p>Get up to the mark on the story <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/climbing\/alexander-megos-the-full-journey-515b-first-ascent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in our full article<\/a><\/strong>. 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