{"id":7808,"date":"2022-11-07T19:46:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T19:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/07\/watch-buster-martin-climb-iconic-action-directe-5-14d\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T19:46:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T19:46:31","slug":"watch-buster-martin-climb-iconic-action-directe-5-14d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoptraveler.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/07\/watch-buster-martin-climb-iconic-action-directe-5-14d\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Buster Martin Climb Iconic \u2018Action Directe\u2019 (5.14d)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-169419\">\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n\t\t<meta itemprop=\"image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/11\/action-directe-300x200.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"lfL9_r5SIDA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Buster Martin on Action Directe 9a\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lfL9_r5SIDA?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\">November 7, 2022<span class=\"pipe\">\u00a0|\u00a0<\/span>By <a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/author\/andrewmac\" title=\"Posts by Andrew McLemore\" rel=\"author noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Andrew McLemore<\/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\">U.Okay. climber Buster Martin turns into solely the second individual after Alex Megos to ship the world\u2019s authentic 5.14d sport routes: \u2018Action Directe\u2019 and \u2018Hubble.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>Even with climbing\u2019s huge progress in reputation, the world\u2019s hardest routes stay enigmatic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s stunning, for instance, that solely Megos has climbed each Ben Moon\u2019s \u201cHubble\u201d and Wolfgang Gullich\u2019s famously tough \u201cAction Directe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We can now add Buster Martin to that record, though he didn\u2019t resolve to work on the issues due to their <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/climbing\/best-climbing-shoes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">elite-level grades<\/a><\/strong>. For Martin, every line represents a quintessential piece of climbing historical past.<\/p>\n<p>In the video of his smooth-as-silk ship, Martin displays on the \u201cvision\u201d of Gullich, who bolted a futuristic line that continues to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reelrockaus\/videos\/reel-rock-15-action-directe\/937840370310221\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">problem climbers<\/a><\/strong> 3 a long time later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t see the need to make much of a comparison in difficulty,\u201d he stated. \u201cFor me, they\u2019re not about the difficulty. It\u2019s the same for \u2018Action.\u2019 I wanted to climb it because it\u2019s an iconic route and a really beautiful piece of climbing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime:<\/strong> 13 minutes<\/p>\n<div class=\"related-in-article grid-x grid-margin-x\">\n<div class=\"thumb-image cell small-4 first\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/gearjunkie.com\/climbing\/frankenjura-climbing-video?sce=post-related-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/frankenjura-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/frankenjura-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/frankenjura-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/frankenjura-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/frankenjura-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/frankenjura-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/frankenjura-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/frankenjura-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/frankenjura-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/frankenjura-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/frankenjura-200x133.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" class=\"lazy wp-post-image\" decoding=\"async\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/frankenjura-200x133.jpg?ssl=1\" src-retina=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/images.gearjunkie.com\/uploads\/2022\/09\/frankenjura-400x266.jpg\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" alt=\"frankenjura\" title=\"Explore the Climbs of Germany's Frankenjura, Home of World's First 9a\"\/><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"cell small-8 last\">\n<h5>Explore the Climbs of Germany&#8217;s Frankenjura, Home of World&#8217;s First 9a<\/h5>\n<div>With greater than 100 years of climbing historical past, this crag in southern Germany nonetheless has &#8216;limitless potential,&#8217; 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