Barbara Zangerl repeating Meltdown (5.14c/8c+) in Yosemite, USA
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Watch Barbara Zangerl nail Meltdown in Yosemite
Raw ascent footage of Barbara Zangerl repeating Meltdown, the 5.14c/8c+ crack climb in Yosemite, USA.
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It's all in the details. The cam in her mouth and pre-clipped to the rope to save time at the start. The other cams taped to her harness to be as efficient as possible. And, at the end, her instinctive brushing of all the holds.
Check out Barbara Zangerl and her 28 October repeat of Meltdown (5.14c) in Yosemite, USA. Established by Beth Rodden in 2008, in these 15 years the route has become the ultimate trad testpiece in the Valley, and one of the world’s hardest crack climbs. Repeated previously only by Carlo Traversi in 2018 and Jacopo Larcher in 2022.
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31/10/2023 - Climbing
Barbara Zangerl repeats Meltdown in Yosemite Austrian climber Barbara Zangerl has repeated Meltdown, the 5.14c/8c+ crack climb in Yosemite, USA, first ascended by Beth Rodden in 2008.
26/11/2022 - Climbing
Jacopo Larcher repeats Beth Rodden's Meltdown in Yosemite On 22/11/2022, Italian climber Jacopo Larcher successfully made the 3rd ascent of the famous trad crack climb Meltdown in Yosemite Valley, USA.
09/11/2018 - Climbing
Carlo Traversi repeats Meltdown, the Beth Rodden masterpiece in Yosemite American climber Carlo Traversi has made the first repeat of Meltdown (5.14c) in Yosemite, first ascended in 2008 by Beth Rodden.
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