In late summer time 2022, Stefano Ghisolfi traveled to Flatanger, Norway to start projecting the world’s first 5.15d, the Silence. First climbed by Adam Ondra in 2017, this route has but to be repeated. Ghisolfi is making good headway on the journey, determining an alternate beta to the well-known reverse crack core sequence. He also can chain strikes from the half core all the way in which to the chain, climbing by means of secondary core sections of the route alongside the way in which. He ended up transport a Transfer Onerous 5.15b alongside the way in which, a observe that includes this second core sequence.
Realizing he wasn’t sturdy sufficient to attach the primary half of the core to the remainder of the route, Ghisolfi had spent an excessive amount of time growing his energy and energy over the previous eight months. He made his first ascent of Excalibur 5.15c in February, the rugged rock endurance route in Arco, Italy. Then, after fast success with Will Bosi’s Burden of Goals V17 duplicate, he set his sights on the actual factor and headed to Finland to challenge his issues.
Not significantly recognized for his bouldering, Ghisolfi shocked many by finishing all of Burden’s strikes individually, together with the notoriously tough first transfer, which is probably essentially the most tough single transfer on the planet. He additionally maintains spectacular hyperlinks from step two to completion, which you’ll be able to watch within the video under.
Ghisolfi seems to be returning to Flatanger for what we are able to solely assume is a mission to proceed projecting Silence. Will his newfound bouldering energy and energy pay dividends on Silence? If there’s anybody on this world who can repeat Silence, it is Ghisolfi. He hiked 4 5.15c routes and has intensive expertise climbing the Hanshelleren Flatanger caves, repeating Ondra’s Change 5.15c and Transfer Onerous 5.15b on the cliffs. You may watch his progress on final yr’s Silence within the video under.