Adam Ondra Makes Another 5.15a First Ascent
Over the past six weeks, Ondra has put up three 5.15 first ascents, flashed 5.14d, and onsighted three 5.14b routes
Photo by: Jan Vogl
Adam Ondra recently spent a few days climbing in Switzerland. His trip highlight was making the first ascent of a new 5.15a (9a+) route. Located at the Isenfluh crag and originally bolted by Stephan Siegrist, Ondra worked the line with Jakob Schubert in Spring 2023 but the pair ended up breaking a key hold, which made the sequence unclimbable without kneepads. On this trip, on his second day of effort, Ondra unlocked the sequence using a poor kneebar and made the first ascent of the route. He graded it 5.15a but has yet to give it a name.
With his Isenfluh project wrapped up, on his third day of climbing, Ondra visited the Soyhières crag where he made a flurry of hard onsights. He onsighted Un Chant Pour Phil 5.14b and Deja 5.14a. He also sent Mines de Rien 5.14a on his first go, but since it shares the first two bolts with Un Chant Pour Phil, it cannot be considered a true onsight. He sent Le Temps Difficile 5.14c on his second go.
Although he didn’t have the result he wanted at the European Qualifiers in Laval last week, Ondra’s had a successful month and a half of outdoor climbing in Slovakia, Croatia, Slovenia, and Switzerland. After making the first ascents of Ratatouille 5.14d and Filantrop L2 5.14c in Slovakia late September, he went on to FA B je to! 5.15b and To je to! 5.14b in Croatia. In Slovenia, he onsighted Inferno do Vrha 5.14b snd Kingslayer 5.14b, flashed Peščena Ura 5.14d, and FA’d Fantazija 5.15a.
Feature photo by Jan Vogl.
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