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Is Adam Ondra better than Alex Honnold?

Is Adam Ondra better than Alex Honnold?

Ondra is probably the best indoor climber in the world, and probably the best outdoor climber in the world, and certainly the best combination of the two. Even those who are more famous, like Alex Honnold, say that Adam Ondra is the best climber on earth.

How many climbers have climbed 9b?

Who Has Climbed 9b+? / Who Has Climbed 5.15c? Adam Ondra has climbed four 9b+ / 5.15c routes, Stefano Ghisolfi three, Alex Megos two, with Chris Sharma, Jakob Schubert, and Sean Bailey both having climbed one. So just six people have climbed a 9b+ or higher climb.

Who has flashed 9a?

Adam Ondra
On Saturday afternoon at Saint-Léger du Ventoux in France Adam Ondra added another chapter to sport climbing history once again by making a flash ascent of a 9a+ sports climb.

Has Adam Ondra climbed El Cap?

Interview with Czech rock climber Adam Ondra who, leading all pitches from 14 to 21 November 2016, completed the second free ascent of Dawn Wall on El Capitan, Yosemite. Considered the hardest big wall in the world, this climb was freed by Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson between 2014 and 2015.

Who climbed 9b?

9b+ (5.15c): Change – Flatanger (NOR) – October 4, 2012 – First ascent by Adam Ondra; second ascent by Stefano Ghisolfi in 2020 who confirmed the grade.

How many 5.15 D climbs are there?

By our count, there have now been more than 300 ascents of 5.15 climbs. But the ranks are beginning to grow. 81 different climbers have now claimed at least one 5.15 ascent. Stefano Ghisolfi became the fourth climber in history to climb 5.15c (after Ondra, Chris Sharma and Alex Megos).

Who has climbed bibliographie?

Five years after having repeated the 9a+ Biographie at Céüse, American climber Sean Bailey has now sent the climb’s bigger sibling Bibliographie, the mega-route freed by Alexander Megos in summer 2020 and repeated for the first time by Stefano Ghisolfi this August.

How old is Ondra?

29 years (February 5, 1993)Adam Ondra / Age

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