Adam Ondra making the first ascent of 'Elemental' (8B+) at La Pedriza, Spain, January 2025
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Adam Ondra flashes 'El Elegido', 8B+ boulder at La Pedriza
Czech climber Adam Ondra has flashed the 8B+ boulder problem 'El Elegido' at La Pedriza, Spain, describing the feat as 'possibly the bouldering flash ascent that I value the most.'
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Adam Ondra making the first ascent of 'Elemental' (8B+) at La Pedriza, Spain, January 2025
Ruben Diaz.
A decade after making headline news with his flash ascent of Jade in the Rocky Mountain National Park, USA, Adam Ondra has flashed 8B+ once again with his flawless ascent of El Elegido at La Pedriza in Spain. Put up by Beto Rocasolano, the problem was originally graded 8B+/C, but Ondra believes the line doesn't warrant the slashgrade. Nevertheless the 31-year-old Czech climber explained that his ascent constitutes "possibly the bouldering flash ascent that I value the most."
Ondra ended the day by making the first ascent of the 8B+ problem Elemental, featured in the photo. In the past Ondra has bouldered up to 8C+ and his unrepeated 2011 pièce de résistance, Terranova, may well be even harder than he originally thought.
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