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the shizzle => news => Topic started by: jwi on November 21, 2018, 11:17:26 am
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Alessandro Zeni proposes 9a+ for "Ernegica Cosmica" in the Dolomites. I can't understand from the photo if this is indeed a slab or if it is a face climb.
https://www.grimper.com/news-alessandro-zeni-propose-9a-dalle-les-dolomites?fbclid=IwAR0n4RLuKCkENuCZrKS0haEJyl7chdZ8_JKggfiu9LnwaKsVviVXvYdKUlQ
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"le crux sordide"
:2thumbsup:
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Slab vs face definitely matters!
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From some pictures I saw on IG it looks more like a face, albeit off vertical. But all the action shots are taken looking down, which always makes it hard to tell.
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I don't think you'd be using holds that large on a 9a+ slab ;)
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What was regarded as previous hardest? Bain de Sang? Which doesn't look too much like a slab either.
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Is there some mistranslation going on? Can "dalle" mean a blank, monolithic sheet of rock, even if its vertical?
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Can anyone link to pictures of the route in question? The picture of the guy on JWI's link is apparently of a different route called (majestically for 9th-grade route) Bimbaluna.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BqVOZf5hDNT/
Verdict: Not a slab. Sorry.
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No, but an amazing looking sheet of rock.
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Thanks for clearing that up. Not a slab = logpile thread :goodidea:
Bain De Sang is a vertical wall too, has it had much attention apart from Josune's repeat?
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Is there some mistranslation going on? Can "dalle" mean a blank, monolithic sheet of rock, even if its vertical?
"Platte" in German certainly can
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Bain De Sang is a vertical wall too, has it had much attention apart from Josune's repeat?
16 repeats according to http://escalade9.wifeo.com/bain-de-sang.php
The original report I linked to wrote dalle, which is definitely a slab. Face is mur.
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Is there some mistranslation going on? Can "dalle" mean a blank, monolithic sheet of rock, even if its vertical?
"Platte" in German certainly can
That may have been what I was thinking of.