Most Slabby 9a Climb in the World | Adam Ondra

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I have never imagined this, even in my wildest dreams! ✨ I am going back in time to climb what is possibly the most slabby 9a in the world, called Niobe. Arco is nowadays famous for the Rock Master competition and steep overhangs in Massone☝ But Arco's fame as a climbing area began with slab climbing, which feels like a lost art from the '80s. The era of neon leggings, shiny hoodies, cool music and elegant demanding climbing on smooth rock slabs ✊

Watch the new masterpiece video by Jan Šimánek on our YouTube channel, produced in collab with ‪@mammut‬ (thanks for a cool outfit), and enjoy an exceptional climbing trip into the past, present and future of slab climbing. Toward the lines that don't yet exist, towards slabs that are so difficult that no one has dared to try them yet ✌

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00:00 - Intro
01:00 - ACT 1 - The Past
01:30 - Sentierissimo 7a, Arco, Italy
02:30 - Heinz Mariacher (Climbing rock star, climbing pioneer)
04:50 - Tom and Jerry 7c OS, Arco, Italy
06:27 - Bolting
08:36 - ACT 2 - The Present
10:10 - Project L1 8a+/ b FA OS (bolted by Loris Manzana)
14:10 - Loris Manzana
16:38 - Niobe 9a, Arco, Italy
21:30 - Why Niobe?
22:42 - Nicola Segata (Composer, cellist, writer)
23:56 - ACT 3 - The Future
26:05 - Outro

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Thumbnail picture by: Giampaolo Calza / Jan Šimánek / Ondra Hauser

Supported by
‪@mammut‬

Film by
Jan Šimánek

Camera
Jan Šimánek
Kuba Sobotka

Aerial shots
Vojta Ličko
Jan Šimánek

Special thanks to
Mammut Archive Department
Heinz Mariacher
Luisa Iovane
Loris Manzana
Laura Prati and her father
Arena Boulder
Germano Cattoi

Cello music theme
Nicola Segatta - (known for the soundtrack of the movie “Adam Ondra - Pushing the Limits")

Archive footage
Heinz Mariacher
Luisa Iovane

Production
Jan Verner
Jakub Pína
Kateřina Kuřátková

Subtitles by
Jarka Marčeková

© Adam Ondra 2025

Songlist
Lupus Nocte - P-Wing
David Nyström, Andreas Dahlbäck - The Eighties
Nicola Segatta - Cello music theme

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