On 31/12/2015 at Margalef in Spain Alexander Megos made the third ascent of First Round, First Minute 9b, after Chris Sharma and Adam Ondra. On 01/01/2016 he repeated First Ley 9a+ and La Ley Indignata 9a at the same crag.
Megos sent First Round, First Minute after five days of effort, 3 in November (during which he redpointed Demencia Senil 9a+ and onsighted Victimes del Passat 8c+) and 2 now, and success came about on his 4th and final attempt of the day, Thursday 31 December 2015. After having ended the year on a high, he kicked off 2016 in style today by repeating First Ley 9a+ and the direct start to La Ley Indignata 9a.
Source: planetmountain.com
Image: The photo of German sports climber Alexander Megos was taken in Kalymnos in 2012.
Photo by Chris Boukoros
