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Home<\/a> \u00bb News<\/a> \u00bb Adam Ondra and the Big Manky Sinkhole: A First Free Ascent Story<\/div>\n

What can cease the world\u2019s finest sport climber in his tracks? Wet holds, rotten gear, leering vacationers, and a ghost story \u2014 none of them make the checklist.<\/p>\n

In Adam Ondra\u2019s yard of Moravian Karst, Czech Republic, an enormous sinkhole plunges virtually 500 toes into the earth. <\/strong>A spooky story in regards to the ghost of a responsible stepmother shrouds Macocha Cave in supernatural gloom<\/a><\/strong>. And steep limestone partitions lead out to the mouth.<\/p>\n

Are you considering what I\u2019m considering?<\/p>\n

Ondra apparently was, and proper earlier than Christmas this yr, he made good on a push to free climb the formation\u2019s solely present route.<\/p>\n

P\u0159\u00edklepov\u00fd strop <\/em>was an outdated five-pitch support route, first climbed in 1985 at a average (however steep) A3<\/a><\/strong>. After that, archaic {hardware} sat rotting out of the soggy stone for years, above a pedestrian walkway, and beneath guidelines that solely allowed climbing for one week yearly (per Planet Mountain<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n

Leave it to Ondra. The world\u2019s finest sport climber didn’t miss his alternative.<\/p>\n

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