With greater than 100 years of climbing historical past, this crag in southern Germany nonetheless has ‘limitless potential,’ devotees say.
Whereas the world bristles with glorious terrain for climbing, just a few crags provide a lot nice rock that climbers resolve to arrange store and reside there.
The brand new vid from EpicTV proves that Germany’s Frankenjura makes the minimize. Finest often called the positioning of the world’s first 5.14d/9a, Wolfgang Gullich’s “Motion Directe,” this crag has seen climbers for over a century.
The time period “redpoint” began right here within the ’70s, when an area climber painted a crimson dot on the routes he despatched. Frankenjura’s coarse limestone offers an enormous number of climbing and holds requiring creativity and personalised motion.
Whereas well-known for its many pockets, the crag additionally has routes full of crimps and others with slopers, in addition to overhanging technical routes. It’s acquired brief, highly effective strains and likewise partitions rising to 100 toes.
“It provides you a way of climbing historical past, of climbing milestones,” one climber says. “Many issues have occurred right here.”
Try Frankejura’s prime limestone, in all its sprawling selection.
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