Evan Hau Repeats Sacrifice 5.15a in Echo Canyon

Evan Hau has made the second ascent of Sacrifice 5.15a in Echo Canyon, a route that he bolted and Adam Ondra made the first ascent of in 2018. The route is in the Coliseum on the Saddle-up wall.

The neighbouring route to Sacrifice is Honour and Glory, which Hau made the first ascent of at 5.15a but Ondra downgraded to 5.14+. This makes Hau the likely first Canadian to climb 5.15a, of which there are three of in Canada: Fight Club 5.15b, Disbelief 5.15b and Sacrifice 5.15a.

Hau has made first ascents of many of the Bow Valley’s 5.14 sport routes over the past few years. More to come on this historical climb. Watch Ondra on Sacrifice below at the start of the YouTube video by Tendon.

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Today I sent Sacrifice at the Coliseum. Unbelievably psyched!! Lot of thoughts and emotions about this one but for now I just want to thank @sheenastares for the countless days of support, @adam.ondra for the inspiration, and @elanjm1 for our initial sessions on the route which got me psyched to begin projecting the climb. Thanks to everyone else that got up at 5:30am to go sport climbing with me last summer. Thanks to @adamgearing for the photo and documenting the process! @lasportivana @petzl_official @onwardup_campus #bowvalleyclimbing

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Sacrifice 5.15a