La Rambla (climb)

La Rambla (La Rambla original or La Rambla extension) is a famously difficult sport climb in Siurana, Catalonia (Spain). It's located at the sector of El Pati. The first ascent was by Alexander Huber, in 1994, and was repeated 9 years later by Ramón Julián Puigblanque (Ramonet) in 2003, after forty or fifty tries.

La Rambla is the route climbed by Alexander Huber in 1994 which ends at a chain and is called La Rambla Original. Puigblanque linked the route to another route nearby, via a traverse. His version is known as La Rambla extension. Huber graded his route 8c+/5.14c.^[1] Puigblanque climbed it to the chain and gave it a 9a+/5.15a grade, then traversed to the other route. The last 7 meters (extension) do not increase the grade. The grade changed from 5.14c to 5.15a (2 grades) only because repeaters upgraded, and thought the route is harder than what Huber originally thought.

The repeat ascents were by:

• Edu Marín Garcia in 2006
• Chris Sharma in 2006 - a day after Edu Marín
• Andreas Bindhammer in 2007
• Patxi Usobiaga in 2007 - after nine tries
• Adam Ondra in 2008 - after five tries

References

External links

• Description of the route (Spanish)

• Alex Huber, 1st ascent 1994, La Rambla (now called La Rambla Original, 40m):

http://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?t=327872

• Ramon Julian , 2nd ascent 2003, 40m of La Rambla, plus 7m of extension via Reina Mora. The linked up routes are called La Rambla Direct.

http://www.desnivel.com/tus_paginas/videos/object.php?o=7188

• Ramon Julian on the crux being in La Rambla (original), not in La Rambla Direct (extension):

http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/hframon/

• Adam Ondra on revised grading in recent years:

http://www.czechclimbing.com/clanky.php?xtem=&key=7260

• Alex Huber on recent revised grading: http://planetmountain.com/english/News/shownews1.lasso?l=2&keyid=36420

Video

• Video of Ramon Julian Puigblanque
• Video of Edu Marin
• Video of Chris Sharma