Markus Bock adds 9a+ to Germany's Frankenjura

It couldn't have been any different. After years at the very top of the game, and despite the presence the "new kid on the block", alias Alexander Megos who only yesterday added Janus 9a , Markus Bock continues unperturbed in his drive to establish new routes in the Frankenjura. His latest creation is called Becoming and adds a new 10-move start to The Elder Statesman, the 9a he freed in 2011.

Back in 2011 Bock bolted this new start and on 30 May he finally redpointed what is described as one his hardest routes, if not the hardest ever. Becoming is located at the Burggrub crag that hosts historic testpieces such as Kaum Zeit zum Atmen 8a+ and Kamasutra 8b and offers powerful and technical up excellent quality limestone.

Markus Bock, 13/02/1979 Bamberg, Germany
Frankenjura first ascents
Corona	9a+	Schneiderloch	2006
Becoming	9a+	Rotenstein	2014
The Man That Follows Hell	9a+	Grüne Hölle	2009
The Elder Statesman	9a/9a+	Rotenstein	2011
Unplugged	9a	Hardcore Wall	2003
Der Heiliger Gral	9a	Kolosseum	2005
Zugzwang	9a	Maximilianswand	2007
Matador	9a	Glocke	2007
The Essential	9a	Luisenwand	2008
Life's Blood For The Downtrodden	9a	Vergessene Welt	2008
Pantera	9a	Schneiderloch	2009
Sever The Wicked Hand	9a	Hängender Stein	2011
The House Of Shock	9a	Rotenstein	2012
Witchtripper	9a	Nördlicher Frankenjura	2012
Riders Of Doom	9a	Schiefer Tod	2013
Black Label	9a	Schneiderloch	2013
Working Class	9a	Suttenstein	2013