Adam Ondra climbs Three Degrees of Separation at Céüse

At Ceuse in France Adam Ondra has climbed Three Degrees of Separation, the route freed by Chris Sharma in 2007 and, until now, unrepeated.
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Adam Ondra on Three Degrees of Separation 9a (Chris Sharma 2007, Ceuse, France)
Bernardo Gimenez
8 years precisely. This is the time that was needed for the first repeat of Three Degrees of Separation, the stunning line freed on 15 July 2007 by America’s Chris Sharma at Céüse in France and now repeated by Adam Ondra.

Three Degrees is located immediately to the right of the famous Biographie and was originally bolted by Arnaud Petit and then straightened out with a direct version by Sharma. Unlike the stamina testpiece Biographie, Three Degrees of Separation is comprised of three mammoth dynos after the first repeat Ondra told Planetmountain.com "The route is very unique and totally awesome. I have never done a similar dyno with a rope. It bites a little bit, but this is part of the challenge, to avoid making cuts in the finger. I did the dyno beta, I doubt it is possible with any other sequence. For me it is definitely 9a+."

In our interview in 2012 entitled the The routes I cannot climb! Ondra had described the route as follows:
A very proud line with some of the craziest moves I've ever seen. Three massive dynos into perfect jugs is something that is very rare on rock, especially in the middle of a route. I tried for four days in 2010, but was actually never able to do the crux dyno, not even as a single move, although I was very close. You have to be able to do that dyno easily as a single move, because the 20 meters of 8c below really pump you out. Well, dynos aren't my cup of tea, I don't have the pure explosive power to perform them, but at least I can take advantage of my height. In any case, the fact that it remains unrepeated despite many attempts indicates that this one could easily be upgraded...




TOPO: climbing at Ceuse, France




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