Jakob Schubert is Bringing the Power in 2018
Jakob Schubert has started his year with an impressive flash of Catalan Witness the Fitnees V15 at Cova del ocell near Barcelona.
The route was first climbed by Chris Sharma and the few repeat climbers had’t downgraded it.
Schubert said after, “What a day! Since our flights are quite late we decided to stop at Cova del ocell before heading to the airport.
“I already thought this boulder would fit me very well (steep climbing on crimps) and I was right. With the perfect support from Jan Hojer and Marco Jubes I was able to flash it, thanks a lot buddies.
“This boulder has been called fb 8C [V15] in the past but as nice as a 8C flash sounds I can’t agree, guess it is more like low end 8B+ [V14].
Last year, Daniel Woods flashed Entlinge V15 at Murgtal, a problem first climbed by Fred Nicole.
In 2018 so far, Schubert has climbed a number of 5.14+ and 5.15 routes, including Catxasa 5.15a and Stoking the Fire 5.15b for the third ascent.