Papichulo | 9a+ Sport route at Oliana

First ascent.

References

[1] https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/margo-hayes-climbs-papichulo-oliana-her-third-9a-plus.html

References

[1] https://fanatic-climbing.com/lucien-martinez-conquiert-papichulo-lucien-martinez-conquers-papichulo/

I’m really happy to have done this king line, a mythical route in 9a+. I started trying Papichulo 4 years ago I think. Since then, I’ve been back almost every year but not really regularly and when I was close to doing the route, there was always something that kept me from coming back to Oliana and “finishing the job”. Hard to say how many tries, but a lot… That’s the route that required the most work out of me, by a mile. [1]

References

[1] https://fanatic-climbing.com/thibault-lair-soffre-papichulo-9a-thibault-lair-conquers-papichulo-9a/

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/C6_p7AYNQjS/

[2] https://fanatic-climbing.com/interview-jorg-verhoeven-papi-chulo-9a/

Notably, Jessy hadn't climbed 9a prior to this ascent so she skipped a grade.

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/DCZLxcTtP7f/?img_index=1

[2] https://www.instagram.com/reel/DC6wW0INxo0/