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13 May Era Vella, the most repeated 9a in the world

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The ascent of Tom Bolger was the 23th from the first one by Chris Sharma in 2010 and so Era Vella is the most repeated 9a route in the world. Located in Margalef, it’s normal to think that can’t be a real 9a or to be a "soft" 9a but in reality all climbers confirm its difficult and only for Edu Marin can be considered a “soft” route for the grade.
The story of Era Vella (the name of the house of Chris and Daila at that time) begame like said in 2010 when Sharma, during a warming up, climbed free the route. At the beginning, the name was confused in Era Bella and only after two years was clarified the real meaning.
Immediately, Ramonet and Dani Andrada for the second and third ascent, respectively in May and June of the same year. The next year others Europeans went to try the route. Enzo Oddo, David Firnanburg, Adam Ondra and Sebastien Bouin, whit American Ben Spannuth, realized the ascent in 2011.
2012 was the year of Sasha Di Giulian that realized the first female ascent but also a lot of other repetitions whit Edu Marin, Dani Fuertes, Paolo Barbero, Dani Moreno,Piotr Schab and Shoda Shinichi. Curiously, 5 to 7 were in April or May.
In 2013 Silvio Reffo realized the first Italian ascent of the route and also Sachi Amma, Ethan Pringle, Michael Fuselier and Ruben Firnenburg added to their palmarès this great performance.
So, in 2014, first Domen Skofic and then Gerome Pouvreau and Tom Bolger, completed for the moment the story of Era Vella.
1. Chris Sharma (USA): 19th May 2010
2. Ramon Julián (Spain): 7th June 2010
3. Dani Andrada (Spain): 13th November 2010
4. Enzo Oddo (France): 26th April 2011
5. David Firnenburg (Germany): 28th April 2011
6. Adam Ondra (Czech Republic): 30th June 2011
7. Ben Spannuth (USA): 28th September 2011
8. Sébastien Bouin (France): 23th December 2011
9. Dani Fuertes (Spain): 18th April 2012
10. Sasha DiGiulian (USA): 26th April 2012
11. Edu Marín (Spain): 1st May 2012
12. Pablo Barbero (Spain): 9th May 2012
13. Dani Moreno (Spain): 14th May 2012
14. Piotr Schab (Poland): 4h August 2012
15. Shoda Shinichi (Japan): 7th November 2012
16. Silvio Reffo (Italy): 23th January 2013
17. Sachi Amma (Japan): 15th April 2013
18. Ethan Pringle (USA): 15th April 2013
19. Mickäel Fuselier (France): 24th April 2013
20. Ruben Firnenburg (Germany): 28th December 2013
21. Domen Skofic (Slovenia): 6th January 2014
22. Gérome Pouvreau (France): March 2014
23. Tom Bolger (UK): May 2014
 

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