Adam Ondra: V16 First Ascent

Adam Ondra has dropped the big number on his latest first ascent at his home crag in the Czech Republic.  Terranova (V16) is a twelve move long traverse at the base of the sport climbing cliff at Holstejn.  He commented on his 8a.nu scorecard, “Well, it is not the most inspiring line, it is a low 12 moves long traverse with interesting moves though, but climbs at the bottom of a cliff for sport climbing and ends up in a jug. Definitely not the way bouldering should look like. But I have been going around and looking those tiny holds for ages and always wondering if it is climbable and this autumn I devoted myself to it. And had fun! 11 days this autumn, 1 day last year.”

Photo: www.climb4fun.cz

UKclimbing reports that Adam had this to say about the grade: “I know that if I feel that this climb is harder that the rest of the 8C's I have done, it does not necessarily mean that it is 8C+, but I feel it would be stupid to keep calling something soft 8C, mid 8C and hard 8C. In my opinion, Terranova breached the barrier of hard 8C, that is how I feel it compared to other climbs I tried or did."  (note, 8c=V15)