It seems like dramatic, last-minute sends are coming into vogue forrock climbers. First came Paul Robinsons last-day success last weekin replica Sarcar watch Rocklands. Now, Norwegian climber Magnus Midtb? has managed thefirst repeat of the ultra-hard route Ali Hulk Extension SDS (5.15b) atthe tail end of his trip to Rodellar, Spain. First done by Spanish sport climber Dani Andrada, Ali Hulk ExtensionSDS is an odd hybrid route thats half boulder problem and half sportclimb. The first half of the route climbs across a cave roof, and isusually done without a rope.
After almost two months of work, climber replica Technomarine watch Paul Robinson has managed to make the second ascent of Monkey Wedding (V15), an until-now unrepeated problem established by Swiss boulderer Fred Nicole in South Africas Rocklands. According to 27Crags.com, Robinson called Monkey Wedding a huge mental and physical struggle and said it was the second hardest send he had ever completed. Robinson linked up the problem on the final day of his trip to Rocklands. Another Fred Nicole problem got its first repeat last week, when South African climber Arjan de Kock sent Golden Shadow (V14) in Rocklands. De Kock also made the second ascent of Robinsons new problem The Big Short.Outside caught up with Robinson last week. Read the interview here.--
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