After Adam Ondra's first ascent of Change, things remained quiet for years about the world's first 9b+ route. In recent times, however, the line has received a lot of attention. Less than a week after Alex Megos, the strong Spaniard Jorge Diaz Rullo also secured an ascent of this flatanger test piece.
“Being able to climb this line, which represents a piece of climbing history, means an incredible amount to me,” says Jorge Diaz Rullo after his redpoint ascent of Change (9b+) in Flatanger. The strong Spaniard arrived in Norway at the end of July and had since then dedicated himself to the two mega lines Change and Move.
I gave it my all, my arms and my body couldn't take it anymore, but in the end I managed to clip the derailleur.
Jorge Diaz Rullo
Following in the footsteps of his great role model
Jorge Diaz Rullo is the fourth climber to repeat Ondra's Testpiece from 2012. Although the 25-year-old Spaniard had already scored two routes of this difficulty level (Mejorando la Samfaina and Bibliographie), Change demanded everything from him:
"I still can't believe it worked. Overcoming the boulder problem at the beginning from the ground for the first time and then climbing the entire 50-meter line was a physical and mental battle that I will never forget."
Travelling to Norway to try this line from Adam Ondra was a dream he always believed would never come true.
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