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Watch Movie Now! ROTPUNKT — The Story of Redpoint Climbing…and Alex Megos

Posted by Eric Hörst on November 18, 2019 in Climbing Mastery, Gimme Kraft!, Motivation | 3,948 Views | Leave a response
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Jonathan Hörst (2018) inspecting one of Kurt Albert’s original Frankenjura Rotpunkts from the late 1970s.

If you’re a core climber, then this is a must-watch film — in my opinion, it’s one of the best and most inspirational climbing films ever made!

The Backstory

Legendary German climber, Kurt Albert invented the Rotpunkt when, in 1975, he started to paint a red dot at the base of each new line he was able to free climb. The redpoint concept (though not the painting of dots) exploded in popularity with the worldwide spread of sport climbing in the 1980s and 1990s.

Another hard-training German, Wolfgang Güllich, pushed the limits of redpoint climbing in establishing the world’s first 5.14a Punks in a Gym in 1985. Two years later Güllich pushed the redpoint limit to 5.14b with Wall Street. Then, in 1991, Güllich established what is to this day the world’s most famous sport climb with his ascent of Action Directe, the world’s first 5.14d.

Fast forward twenty-two years…and 20-year-old German phenom Alex Megos achieved the world’s first 5.14d onsight Estado Crítico. In 2018, Alex become just the third climber to redpoint a 5.15c climb (F.A. of Perfecto Mundo)! Following in the tradition of Kurt and Wolfgang, Alex continues to train hard, push his personal limits, and help advance the sport of climbing.

Now Watch the Movie!

 


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