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Video: Alexander Rohr during the first ascent of Knockout and Inferno

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In mid-May, Alexander Rohr successfully climbed two difficult climbing routes in the Gimmelwald sports climbing area. Actiontalk was there with the camera and recorded the moment of the red dot crossing

The ticklist that us Alexander tube showed about two weeks ago is impressive. Within a few weeks, he scored a number of routes in the top eighth and ninth French degrees. After climbing most of the existing routes in the area, Alex wanted to immortalize his name and focused on two new lines. With success. gimmelwald is about the routes Inferno (9a / 9a +) and Knockout (8c +) got richer.

Alex Rohr successful in Gimmelwald: Inferno and Knockout

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