- Ramón Julián Puigblanque
. He was born on 9 November 1981. Ramonet is accomplished on real rock as well as on artificial (i.e., indoor competitions).
On 8 March 2003, he made the
first ascent (FA) of La Rambla Direct (otherwise known as "La Rambla original" or "La Rambla extension") in Siurana,Spain . This sport route is an accepted 9a+/5.15a, as of 2005 the hardest confirmed grade for climbing. (See "Realization".) He finished the route which had been started by Alex Huber in 1994. Huber's part of the route was graded 8c+/5.14c.He was also the first climber ever to onsight two 8c/5.14b on September 2006 (though he was followed very shortly after by Patxi Usobiaga), and he has now onsighted two more 8c/5.14b's.Actually Ramonet is the World Champion after his victory in the last CWCh07 celebrated in Avilés (Spain).
External links
* [http://www.climbing.com/news/hframon/index.html CLIMBING.COM - HOT FLASHES from No 222]
* [http://www.climbing.com/current/sport03/index.html 2003 Golden Piton Awards - Sport Climbing]
* [http://climbing.com/exclusive/problog/davegraham/graham6/ Dave Graham's description of "La Rambla"]
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