Zeitgeist on Roßkopf, new rock climb by Haid and Klingler in Austria

In two September days in 2012 Klingler and Haid established the new route ground-up and the details are as follows: 7c+ max, 7b obligatory, 300m and only 25 bolts on the pitches, all the rest protected with natural gear.

Klingler described Zeitgeist to Planetmountain as follows: "The route follows an obvious crack system that stops at the smooth, compact slabs at circa half-height. Our aim was to find a way to free climb this section, using as few bolts as possible. Wherever there are cracks there are no bolts and the only bolts we considered necessary were placed on lead or hanging off a cliff-hook. So no A0 hanging off the last peg, because for us the route had to be an adventure. The crux climbs some very compact rock and I fell off a couple of times with the drill in hand, either because I ran out of energy, or because the cliff-hook snapped off. The quality of the rock and the actual climbing are, not only on this pitch, absolutely brilliant."