Piotr Schab scored in Spain: La Rambla (9a +) and 20 años después (9a)

A few days ago, Polish climber Piotr Schab climbed his fifth 9a + since the beginning of 2018. Also for the fifth time in the last 12 months, he climbed with the 20 route años después a 9a.

Piotr is known for his on-sightseeing. In March 2018, he also managed, for the fifth time, the onsight of an 8c. He tried to climb an 9a on a single day on his current trip to Spain, but without success. But the balance of his journey can be seen. On the 8. In February, he managed to get through one of the most popular 9a + routes: La Rambla in the sector El Pati, Siurana.

"Sending such a legendary route like La Rambla fills your head with both emotions & thoughts and it is hard to pick the most important one."

Five days after his inauguration of La Rambla He then reported a double walk. He scored the 9a route 20 años después and climbed Sin ácido Clorhídrico (8c +) on the same day.

Video about his failed attempt to score an 9a in one day

Overview of all La Rambla walks

Ramón Julián Puigblanque in the year 2003
Edu Marín Garcia in the year 2006
Chris Sharma in the year 2006 - a day after Edu Marín
Andreas Bindhammer in the year 2007
Patxi Usobiaga for the year 2007
Adam Ondra for the year 2008
Enzo Oddo in the year 2011
Sachi Amma in the year 2012
Felix Neumärker in the year 2013
Sangwon Son in the year 2013
Alexander Megos. in the year 2013 - in the second attempt
Daniel Jung for the year 2014
Jonathan Siegrist for the year 2015
David Firnenburg for the year 2017
Matty Hong in the year 2017
Margo Hayes in the year 2017 - wrote climbing story: First woman who committed a 9a + red point.
Stefano Ghisolfi for the year 2017
Jacopo Larcher for the year 2017
Klemen Becan for the year 2017
Sébastien Bouin. 06 / 12 / 2017
Tomás Ravanal in the year 2018
Gerard Rull. 23 / 02 / 2018
Jon Cardwell in the year 2018
Piotr Schab for the year 2019

Margo Hayes is the first woman to score a 9a +

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Credits: picture Pablo Benedito

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