Estado Crítico is notable for being the first ever 9a to be onsighted after Alex Megos climbed it in March 2012.
Although Ramón Julián Puigblanque suggested 9a when he made the first ascent it later settled to around 8c+/9a after several repeats (most notably a third go ascent from Adam Ondra and a second go ascent from Patxi Usobiaga). However around 2010 a hold broke and after reclimbing the route while working Golpe de Estado Adam suggested 9a was appropriate. Since then the grade has settled at 9a.
16 recorded ascents.
| Climber | Style | Ascent Date | Suggested Grade |
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| Ramón Julián Puigblanque | Lead | worked | 15th Mar 2004 | |
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First ascent. 10 sessions.
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| Nicolas Favresse | Lead | worked | 6th May 2004 | 8c+ |
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Second ascent?
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| Dani Andrada | Lead | worked | 23rd Dec 2005 | 8c+/9a |
| Adam Ondra | Lead | worked | 7th Feb 2007 | 9a |
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Third go.
Adam suggested 8c+ at the time but after a subsequent ascent of Golpe de Estado he said it could warrant 9a due to some hold breakages. |
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| Patxi Usobiaga | Lead | worked | 27th Nov 2007 | |
| Magnus Midtbø | Lead | worked | 25th Dec 2007 | |
| Enzo Oddo | Lead | worked | Jan 2012 | |
| Alex Megos | Lead | onsight | 24th Mar 2012 | |
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The first ever onsight of a 9a. Doubly impressive as up until that point the hardest route Alex had climbed was 9a and the hardest route he had onsighted was 8b+. Alex had originally planned to try La Rambla Extension but couldn't find the route from the topo and so got on Estado instead. When he reached the point where the route splits with Kalea Borroka he nearly went up Kalea instead as he felt very pumped, fortunately he persevered! References |
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| Sonnie Trotter | Lead | worked | 7th Apr 2015 | |
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| Alizée Dufraisse | Lead | worked | 12th Apr 2017 | |
| Will Smith | Lead | worked | 11th Nov 2020 | |
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| Štěpán Volf | Lead | worked | 4th Jan 2021 | |
| Will Bosi | Lead | worked | 24th Feb 2021 | |
| Sébastien Berthe | Lead | worked | Oct 2021 | |
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| Victor Guillermin | Lead | worked | 29th Dec 2021 | |
| Laura Rogora | Lead | worked | Nov 2024 | |
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