Now Maddy Cope Sends Pinzip Hoffnung 5.14R

Maddy Cope became the third climber to send Prinzip Hoffnung 5.14R in Austria in the past few weeks and the third woman overall. Ski champ Nadine Wallner recently climbed the spicy trad line, as did Michi Wohlleben. The first woman to climb the bold slab was Babsi Zangerl, who posted on line after Cope’s send, “Another strong girl sent Prinzip Hoffnung today. Girls are on fire these days. Hats off Maddy Cop for this fast send!! Very impressive.”

Cope has a number of hard climbs to her name over the years, including Mind Contral 5.14c in Spain, Once Upon a Time E9 6c in U.K., The American Direct on the Dru, Freerider 5.13a on El Cap and Midnight Lightening V8 in Yosemite.

“The route is a dream line, one that you see pictures of your climbing hero’s on but never think you will actually do it yourself,” said Cope. “Great insecure moves with a safe but long fall. Coming from Oliana it was a nice change of angle.” Watch a whipper below.

What a route! It's been so much fun trying Prinzip Hoffnung – its the sort of thing slab climbers dreams are made of. Great moves, safe fall ? Unfortunately, hot weather and not enough time mean I'll likely be leaving this one behind. After working it out and finding the gear, I have only had time for a couple of goes… and this was my only go in the light!! Turns out climbing in the dark is harder. The forecast looks warm, question is… is it worth another head torch go?! ?? Thanks to @babsizangerl for the wire that holds the fall ? and amazing effort to @nadinewallner for sticking with this route!! @mammut_uk @mammut_swiss1862 @lasportivagram

A post shared by Maddy Cope (@madeleine_cope) on Mar 30, 2019 at 1:56am PDT

Prinzip Hoffnung… beautiful line from @kammerlander_beat ! It's been so much fun trying this route, one of those slabs that has holds, but still feels insecure, lending itself to interesting movement all with a nice little run out ❤ I was happy to find some cooler conditions at first light yesterday. It's also been nice hanging out with the Bludenz crew, lots of support from all! Thanks to @nadinewallner for the machine psyche, @babsizangerl for lending some gear, @jacopolarcher for the lovely ?, and @luger_alex and Claudia for the chicken dinner ? Big thanks to Ryan for dragging himself out of bed for the belay ? @mammut_uk @mammut_swiss1862 @lasportivagram

A post shared by Maddy Cope (@madeleine_cope) on Apr 2, 2019 at 11:07pm PDT