Yet Another Hard Flash for Adam Ondra

Adam Ondra just had an incredible bouldering trip to Fontainebleau, France. After making the fourth ascent of Soudain Seul V17, the following day he flashed both Ubik Assiss V13 and La Ligne de Bête V14. “Two incredible boulders that I just fired off without that much pressure, only being just so psyched to try those fantastic moves!” said Ondra after his first-go ascents.

After taking a rest day, Ondra went to go try Imothep Assiss, an open project that might just be V17 or V18 once completed. Before trying the bloc, Ondra gave a flash go of the stand start version of the problem, Imothep du Sol. Established by Camille Coudert in April 2023 at a grade of V14, the problem hasn’t seen many repeats. Ondra ended up flashing the problem, but instead suggested V13 for the line for someone his height.

“It was time to try with [Camille Coudert] and [Charles Albert] THE PROJECT of Font – Imothep Assiss, rumoured to be [V18],” said Ondra on Instagram after his ascent of Imothep du Sol. “But first, I went to try to flash the stand start Imothep du sol [V14]. I did with a bit of margin (thinking that with my size it could be more [V13]) and then we tried the sit start version. Camille finally made the second move (my contribution was to let Camille use my [La Sportiva] shoe). I could do all the moves, too, and I completely fell in love with this boulder. It is just incredible.”

Ondra has flashed three boulder problems that he has assessed at V14. In 2015, he flashed Jade V14 in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. On January 28, he made his second V14 flash with El Elegido in La Pedriza, Spain. Originally grade V14/15, Ondra felt V14 was more appropriate. His third V14 flash was La Ligne de Bête V14. Like Imothep du Sol, Ondra has flashed several other V14 problems that he downgraded after his successful first-go ascents.

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Camille Coudert’s FA of Imothep du Sol V13/14

Feature photo by Petr Chodura