Last month, American climber Anna Hazelnutt sent Prinzip Hoffnung 5.13d\/14a E9\/10 in B\u00fcrser Platte, Austria. Prinzip Hoffnung\u2014or Principle of Hope in English\u2014is a 40m-long slab line that starts out with a very thin crack. After the crack peters out around the 25-metre point, climbers are forced to move up and right through a desperate and runout crimpy crux. After the crux, another thin crack takes climbers to the top.<\/p>\n
Today, Hazelnutt released her much anticipated film detailing her send, which you can watch below. Back in March, she travelled with Tom Randall to Austria project the route. Here\u2019s what she had to say about her big send on Instagram:<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s been so much uncertainty through this projecting process, from my shoulder injury (and [Tom Randall\u2019s] finger injury) beforehand, to unlucky weather, to personal doubts of whether or not I could do it in such a limited time frame, to genuine fears of falling at the start and\/or on the loooong runout (plot twist, I took the FULL WHIP and survived haha), this climb was filled to the brim with new challenges to work through! Tom, you\u2019re up!\u201d<\/p>\n
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