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{{short description|Sport climbing route in Spain}}
{{Other uses|La Rambla (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox climbing route
| name = La Rambla
| photo = Siurana secteur El Pati.jpg
| photo_caption = ''La Rambla'' (at far left), on the El Pati crag (with its distinctive horizontal lines), [[Siurana (Tarragona)|Siurana]], [[Spain]].<ref name=pati>{{cite web | website=TheCrag.com | url=https://www.thecrag.com/en/climbing/spain/siurana/el-pati | title=El Pati sport climbing area | accessdate=4 January 2022}}</ref>
| other_name = La Rambla Extension,<ref name=GR0/> La Rambla Direct,<ref name=CL4/> La Rambla Original.<ref name=GR0/>
| location = [[Siurana (Tarragona)|Siurana]], [[Spain]]
| coords = {{Coord|41|15|29|N|0|55|56|E|type:landmark_source:kolossus-frwiki|display=title, inline}}
| map=Spain
| climbing_area = El Pati
| route_type = [[sport climbing|Sport climb]]
| vertical_gain = {{convert|35|m|ft}} (1994)<br>{{convert|41|m|ft}} (2003)<ref name=crag>{{cite web | website=TheCrag.com | url=https://www.thecrag.com/en/climbing/spain/siurana/el-pati/route/18428605 | title=La Rambla 9a+ | accessdate=3 January 2022}}</ref>
| pitches = 1
| rating = {{Climbing grade|9a+}}<ref name=crag/>
| grade =
| bolted_by = [[Alexander Huber]] (35-metres)<br>{{ill|Dani Andrada|fr|Daniel Andrada}} (6-metres)<ref name=crag/>
| first_ascent =
| ffa = [[Alexander Huber]], 1994 (35-metre)<br>[[Ramón Julián Puigblanque|Ramón Puigblanque]], 8 March 2003 (41-metres)<ref name=crag/>
| fastest_ascent =
}}
'''''La Rambla''''' is a {{Convert|41|m|ft|adj=on}} [[sport climbing|sport climb]] at the [[limestone]] El Pati crag in [[Siurana (Tarragona)|Siurana]], [[Catalonia]] in Spain. Originally bolted and climbed by [[Alexander Huber]] in 1994 as a {{Convert|35|m|ft|adj=on}} route, the bolting was later extended by {{ill|Dani Andrada|fr|Daniel Andrada}} to a {{Convert|41|m|ft|adj=on}} route, which was eventually climbed by [[Ramón Julián Puigblanque]] in 2003.  While there has been debate about ''La Rambla'''s grade, there is now consensus that it meets the {{climbing grade|9a+}} threshold. It is an important and historic route in climbing, and is part of the coveted "9a+ trilogy" with ''[[Realization (climb)|Realization]]'' and ''Papichulo''.<ref name=GRIP/><ref name=DN3/>
==History==
[[File:Siurana's road.jpg|thumb|left|The El Pati crag (from the road) is the distinctive cliff with deep horizontal lines at back right.<ref name=pati/>]]
While a {{Convert|41|m|ft|adj=on}} route was first bolted by Huber in 1993, a hold broke at the upper section and Huber was only able to climb to an intermediate anchor at {{Convert|35|m|ft|adj=on}}, and not to his final anchor that was also the final anchor for Huber's neighboring route, ''La Reina Mora'' {{climbing grade|8c+/9a}}.  Huber climbed his {{Convert|35|m|ft|adj=on}} route in 1994, and called it ''La Rambla'', and graded it as {{climbing grade|8c+}}.<ref name=PMA/> Huber explained in a 2008 interview that he felt his 35-metre route was no more difficult than [[Wolfgang Güllich]]'s 1991 ascent of ''[[Action Directe (climb)|Action Directe]]'' that was then graded {{climbing grade|8c+}}.<ref name=PMA/>  ''Action Directe'' was later re-graded to {{climbing grade|9a}}, and is considered a "benchmark" for a "hard" 9a.  Huber later said his 35-metre route should be graded {{climbing grade|9a}}.<ref name=PMA>{{cite web | website=PlanetMountain.com| url=https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/interviews/alexander-huber-interview.html | title=Alexander Huber Interview | first=Nicholas | last=Hobley | date=30 October 2008 | accessdate=3 January 2022}}</ref>
After Huber's 1994 ascent, Spanish climber {{ill|Dani Andrada|fr|Daniel Andrada}} linked Huber's 35-metre route to the final anchor of ''La Reina Mora'' – Huber's original intention – by bolting a short traverse to the right that started from the last hold of Huber's route, a 3-finger pocket just below the intermediate anchor.<ref name=SEB/> Andrada's extended route was still {{convert|41|m|ft}} long,<ref name=CL4/> and became known for a period as ''La Rambla Extension'',<ref name=GR0/> or ''La Rambla Direct'',<ref name=CL4/> and even ''La Rambla Original'' (as Andrada wanted to keep as much as possible Huber's original 41-metre route),<ref name=EPIC>{{cite web | url=https://m.epictv.com/photo/album/history-behind-spains-most-famous-sport-climb?languageSwitch=1 | title=THE HISTORY BEHIND SPAIN'S MOST FAMOUS SPORT CLIMB | date=20 August 2015 | website=EpicTV | accessdate=3 January 2022}}</ref><ref name=SEB/> however, as Huber's anchor at 35-metres is now gone, Andrada's 41-metre route is known as ''La Rambla''.<ref name=SEB/>
Andrada himself was not able to free his new 41-metre bolted route. Instead, it was later freed on 8 March 2003 by Spanish climber [[Ramón Julián Puigblanque]],<ref name=DE>{{cite web | website=Climbing.de | url=https://www.climbing.de/news/9a-by-ramonet-1-1-39718.html | title=9a+ by Ramonet, #1!| date=9 March 2003 | accessdate=3 January 2022}}</ref> who [[redpoint (climbing)|redpointed]] the 35-metre route five times, and only completed Andrada's 6-metre extension after forty failed attempts.<ref name=CL4>{{cite magazine | magazine=[[Climbing (magazine)|Climbing]] | url=https://www.climbing.com/news/statement-of-youth/ | title=Statement of Youth | first=Jonathan | last=Thesenga | date=17 April 2003 | accessdate=3 January 2022}}</ref><ref name=SEB/>
Puigblanque re-graded the entire route to {{climbing grade|9a+}}, and believed that this grade applied not only to the 6-metre extension but also to the original 35-metre Huber route as well.<ref name=SEB/>  If this was correct, then Huber's original 35-metre ''La Rambla'' was the first 9a+, seven years before [[Chris Sharma]]'s 2001 ascent of ''[[Realization (climb)|Realization/Biographie]]''.<ref name=EPIC/>  In a 2008 interview, Huber said that the 6-metre extension added little difficulty to his original route, and that his original 8c+ route would be graded 9a by contemporary standards, but no more, as ultimately it was not harder than ''Action Directe'', the benchmark 9a route.<ref name=PMA/>  A second grading debate developed over the use of a big flake (or [[Glossary of climbing terms#jug|jug]]) one metre further to the right of the extension's traverse for resting.<ref name=8a2017>{{cite web | title=La Rambla 9a+ defines grade inflation and Huber should get more credit |  url=https://www.8a.nu/de/news/la-rambla-9a+-defines-grade-inflation-and-huber-should-get-more-credit  |date=28 March 2018 | accessdate=3 January 2021 | website=8a.nu | first=Jens | last=Larssen}}</ref>  Puigblanque said that he had not used this flake on his first ascent and that using the flake made the climb a half grade easier, to which [[Adam Ondra]] (who also did not use the flake on his 2008 ascent) agreed with, but caveated saying: "although it is nonsense to consider it [the flake] as prohibited".<ref name=8a2018>{{cite web | url=https://www.8a.nu/news/la-rambla-is-9a+-by-todays-standards | title=La Rambla is 9a+ by today's standards | date=28 March 2018 | accessdate=3 January 2021 | website=8a.nu | first=Jens | last=Larssen}}</ref>
It took three years until ''La Rambla'' was repeated by {{ill|Edu Marín i Garcia|ca}} and Chris Sharma, on successive days in 2006.<ref name=CS/>  ''La Rambla'' has since become one of the most repeated {{climbing grade|9a+}} routes in the sport, and is now widely considered a consensus {{climbing grade|9a+}}.<ref name=8a2017/><ref name=8a2018/>  In March 2013, German climber [[Alexander Megos]] came closest to [[Glossary of climbing terms#flash|flashing]] ''La Rambla'', falling on his first attempt near the top, but succeeding on his immediate second attempt.<ref name=Megos/>  On 26 February 2017, American climber [[Margo Hayes]] became the [[List of grade milestones in rock climbing#Redpointed by women|first-ever female climber in history]] to climb a {{climbing grade|9a+}} route on ''La Rambla'';<ref name=MH1/><ref name=MH2/><ref name=CL20/> Hayes also went on to make the [[first female free ascent]] of ''Realization/Biography'' a few months later in September 2017.<ref>{{cite magazine | magazine=[[Rock & Ice]] | url=https://www.rockandice.com/climbing-news/margo-hayes-sends-biographierealization-5-15a/ | first=Hayden | last=Carpenter | date=25 September 2017 | accessdate=26 December 2021 | title=Margo Hayes Sends Biographie/Realization (5.15a)}}</ref>
==Route==
''La Rambla'' is described as having a diverse range of "[[Glossary of climbing terms#crack_climbing|cracks]], [[Glossary of climbing terms#hueco|pockets]], [[Glossary of climbing terms#crimp|crimps]], [[Glossary of climbing terms#side_pull|side pulls]], and [[Glossary of climbing terms#undercling|underclings]]", but is also "sustained", and "continually overhanging".<ref name=RD>{{cite magazine | magazine=[[Climbing (magazine)|Climbing]] | title=Ramon Julian: La Rambla Direct (5.15a) | url=https://www.climbing.com/news/statement-of-youth-2/ | date=15 June 2012 | first=Jonathan | last=Thesenga | accessdate=3 January 2022}}</ref>  Several climbers have described it as being two climbs, the first circa 30-metres being essentially 5.14 climbing,<ref>{{cite web | title=La Rambla 9a+  | url=https://www.jonathansiegrist.com/2015/03/la-rambla.html | website=jonathansiegrist.com | date=31 March 2015 | accessdate=3 January 2022 | first=Jonathan | last=Siegrist}}</ref> via a 5.13c crack, a traverse to the left, which adds up to 5.14a, and then 5.14b as it moves right until a rest.<ref name=RD/>  At this stage, the climber is approaching the location of Huber's original anchor (since removed), and the climbing becomes even more overhanging "with violent moves on small holds and crimps".<ref name=RD/>
The crux is at 35-metres where, as [[Ramón Julián Puigblanqué]] describes, "You have to make the two-finger pocket. If you get the pocket with your right hand you can clip Huber’s intermediate belay and you’ve done [the 35-metre] La Rambla. If you are going for La Rambla Direct [the 41-metre version], you have to take the pocket with your left hand – this is the key move. I made it to this point four or five times".<ref name=RD/><ref name=CDR/>  Ondra graded this crux a {{boulder grade|V9}} boulder move.<ref name=CL20/>
==Legacy==
''La Rambla'' is variously described as legendary, historic, and famous in the climbing media, and even two decades on from the various first ascents, repeat ascents of the route are reported on and chronicled by the climbing media.<ref name=GR0/><ref name=SEB/><ref name=MH2/><ref name=Ondra/>  The sustained difficulty and length of the climb made it an important technical and physical test piece for the leading sport climbers, and it has become one of the most repeated routes, alongside Realization/Biographie, at the climbing grade of {{climbing grade|9a+}}.<ref name=8a2017/><ref name=8a2018/> ''PlanetMountain'' said in 2017, "Seeped in history, La Rambla is a symbol for sport climbing, one of the world’s most sought-after climbs",<ref name=Stefano/> and listed ''La Rambla'' on its list of important climbs in the evolution of free climbing.<ref>{{cite web | website=PlanetMountain.com | url=https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/the-evolution-of-free-climbing.html | title=The evolution of free climbing | date=23 December 2012 | first=Maurizio | last=Oviglia | accessdate=4 January 2022}}</ref> When French climber [[Sébastien Bouin]] made the 20th ascent in December 2017, he said, "This route is a piece of climbing history".<ref name=SEB/>
''La Rambla'' has also been reassessed as part of German climber Alexander Huber's sport climbing legacy, and it has become apparent to contemporary extreme sport climbers that Huber was climbing consistently at the grade of 9a/9a+ in the early to mid-1990s, as evidenced by ''La Rambla'' and his other test-pieces of ''Open Air'' in 1996 (proposed for re-grading by Adam Ondra to 9a+ in 2008, and therefore potentially the first 9a+ as it was climbed before ''Realization/Biographie''), and ''Weisse Rose'' in 1994 (also proposed for re-grading by Adam Ondra to at least a "hard 9a").<ref name=8a2017/><ref name=8a2018/><ref name=CM>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.climbing.com/news/groundbreaking-515-gets-second-ascent/ | title=Open Air: Groundbreaking 5.15 Gets Second Ascent | first=Dougald | last=McDonald | date=15 June 2012 | accessdate=22 December 2021 | magazine=[[Outside (magazine) | Outside]]}}</ref>
The ascent of ''La Rambla'' at  Siurana, ''Realization/Biographie'' at [[Céüse]], and ''Papichulo'' at [[Oliana]], have been referred to as the "9a+ trilogy",<ref name=GRIP/><ref name=DN3>{{cite web | magazine=[[Desnivel]] | url=https://www.desnivel.com/escalada-roca/la-trilogia-del-9a-plus-6-escaladores-han-encadenado-las-3-vias-mas-representativas | title=The 9a+ Trilogy, 6 climbers have climbed the 3 most representative routes | first=Issac | last=Fernandez | date=4 April 2017 | accessdate=18 July 2023|language=es | trans-title=es}}</ref> being long, sustained, and consensus graded 9a+ sport climbing routes, that aspiring extreme sport climbers seek to test themselves on.<ref>{{cite web | title=Margo Hayes climbs Papichulo at Oliana, her third 9a+| date=23 March 2019 | url=https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/margo-hayes-climbs-papichulo-oliana-her-third-9a-plus.html | website=PlanetMountain.com | accessdate=3 January 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | website=UP-climbing.com | url=https://www.up-climbing.com/en/falesia/news/flor-on-la-rambla | title=Flor on La Rambla! | date=15 February 2021 | accessdate=26 December 2021}}</ref>
== Ascents==
''La Rambla'' (being the 41m version post-1994) has been ascended by:<ref name=GRIP>{{cite web | website=Gripped Magazine | url=https://gripped.com/profiles/30-climbers-have-sent-la-rambla-5-15a-heres-who/ | date=31 January 2023 | accessdate=5 February 2023 | title=30 Climbers Have Sent La Rambla 5.15a – Here’s Who}}</ref><ref name=PM1/><ref name=LAC/>
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*1st (35m version) [[Alexander Huber]] in 1994
*1st (41m version) [[Ramón Julián]] on 8 March 2003.<ref name=CL4/><ref name=DE/>
*2nd. {{ill|Edu Marín|ca|Edu Marín i Garcia}} in December 2006<ref name=CS/>
*3rd. [[Chris Sharma]] in December 2006<ref name=CS>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.climbing.com/news/sharma-repeats-la-rambla/ |title=Sharma Repeats La Rambla | magazine=[[Climbing (magazine)|Climbing]] | first=Dougald | last=McDonald | date=4 December 2006 | accessdate=3 January 2022}}</ref>
*4th. {{ill|Andreas Bindhammer|de}} in 2007
*5th. [[Patxi Usobiaga]] in 2007
*6th. [[Adam Ondra]] in February 2008<ref name=Ondra>{{cite web | website=PlanetMountain.com | url=https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/adam-ondra-climbs-la-rambla-9a-at-siurana.html | title=Adam Ondra climbs La Rambla 9a+ at Siurana | date=11 February 2008 | accessdate=3 January 2022}}</ref>
*7th. {{ill|Enzo Oddo|it}} in 2011<ref>{{cite web|author=Name(required) |url=http://climbingnarc.com/2011/12/enzo-oddo-repeats-la-rambla-original-5-15a/ |title=Enzo Oddo Repeats La Rambla Original (5.15a) &#124; Climbing Narcissist |publisher=Climbingnarc.com |date=2011-12-27 |accessdate=2017-03-02}}</ref>
*8th. [[Sachi Amma]] in 2012
*9th. [[Felix Neumärker]] in 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.klettern.de/news/sportklettern-bouldern/felix-neumaerker-klettert-la-rambla.769396.5.htm |title=Felix Neumärker klettert "La Rambla" (9a+) in Siurana (und weitere harte Nummern) bei |publisher=Klettern.de |date=2013-03-22 |accessdate=2017-03-02}}</ref>
*10th. {{ill|Son Sang-won|cs}} in 2013.
*11th. [[Alex Megos]] in March 2013<ref name=Megos>{{cite magazine | magazine=[[Climbing (magazine)|Climbing]] | url=https://www.climbing.com/news/megos-finishes-la-rambla-5-15a-second-try/ | title=Megos Finishes La Rambla (5.15a) Second Try | first=Amanda | last=fox | date=30 March 2013 | accessdate=3 January 2022}}</ref>
*12th. [[Daniel Jung]] in 2014
*13th. [[Jonathan Siegrist]] in 2015<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dpmclimbing.com/articles/view/interview-jonathan-siegrist-climbs-la-rambla-his-2nd-515a |title=Interview: Jonathan Siegrist Climbs La Rambla, his 2nd 5.15a |publisher=dpmclimbing.com |date=23 March 2015 |accessdate=23 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150325165653/http://www.dpmclimbing.com/articles/view/interview-jonathan-siegrist-climbs-la-rambla-his-2nd-515a |archivedate=25 March 2015 }}</ref>
*14th. {{ill|David Firnenburg|cs}} in February 2017<ref>{{cite web | website=Gripped | url=https://gripped.com/news/david-firnenburg-repeated-difficult-la-rambla/ | title=David Firnenburg Has Repeated the Difficult La Rambla | date=10 February 2017 | accessdate=1 February 2023}}</ref>
*15th. [[Matty Hong]] in February 2017<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.rockandice.com/climbing-news/interview-matty-hong-sends-la-rambla-5-15a-in-spain| title=Q&A: Matty Hong Sends La Rambla (5.15a) in Spain|magazine=[[Rock & Ice]] | date= 22 March 2017 | accessdate=3 January 2022}}</ref>
*16th. [[Margo Hayes]] in February 2017; [[List of grade milestones in rock climbing#Redpointed by women|first-ever female]] 9a+<ref name=MH1>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.rockandice.com/climbing-news/margo-hayes-sends-la-rambla-5-15a |title=Margo Hayes Sends La Rambla (5.15a)! |magazine=[[Rock & Ice]] |date= 27 February 2017|accessdate=2 January 2022 | first=Hayden | last=Carpeter}}</ref><ref name=MH2>{{cite magazine | magazine=[[Climbing (magazine)|Climbing]] | url=https://www.climbing.com/news/margo-hayes-climbs-la-rambla-becomes-first-woman-to-send-515a/ | date=27 February 2017 | accessdate=2 January 2022 | title=Margo Hayes Climbs La Rambla, Becomes First Woman to Send 5.15a | first=Liz | last=Haas}}</ref>
*17th. [[Stefano Ghisolfi]] in March 2017<ref name=Stefano>{{cite web|url=https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/stefano-ghisolfi-sends-siurana-la-rambla-4th-go.html |title=Stefano Ghisolfi sends Siurana's La Rambla 4th go |website=PlanetMountain.com| date= 21 March 2017 | accessdate=3 January 2022}}</ref>
*18th. Jacopo Larcher in March 2017<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/jacopo-larcher-climbs-la-rambla-at-siurana-interview.html | title=Jacopo Larcher climbs La Rambla at Siurana / Interview | website=PlanetMountain.com | date=23 March 2017 | accessdate=3 January 2022}}</ref>
*19th. {{ill|Klemen Bečan|fr}} in 2017<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rockandice.com/climbing-news/klemen-becan-sends-la-rambla-5-15a|title=Klemen Bečan Jumps Aboard the La Rambla Send Train|publisher=rockandice.com/|date= 2017-04-20|accessdate=2017-04-18}}</ref>
*20th. [[Sébastien Bouin]] in December 2017<ref name=SEB>{{cite web | website=Gripped.com | url=https://gripped.com/news/seb-bouin-sends-joins-la-rambla-list/ | title=Seb Bouin Sends and Joins La Rambla List | date=7 December 2017 | accessdate=3 January 2022}}</ref>
*21st. Tomás Ravanal in 2018<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c3ApnpvicU |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/8c3ApnpvicU |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=La Rambla 9a+ Tomás Ravanal|publisher=Tomás Ravanal|date= 2018-06-05|accessdate=2018-06-05}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.escalando.org/2018/01/tomas-ravanal-encadena-la-rambla-9a15a/|title=Tomás Ravanal encadena La Rambla 9a+/15a|publisher=escalando.org|date= 2018-06-05|accessdate=2018-06-05}}</ref>
*22nd. Gerard Rull in 2018<ref>{{cite web | website=8a.nu | url=https://www.8a.nu/news/la-rambla-9a+-by-gerard-rull | title=La Rambla 9a+ by Gerard Rull | date=27 February 2018 | accessdate=26 November 2022}}</ref>
*23rd. [[Jon Cardwell]] in 2018<ref name=GR0>{{cite web | website=Gripped.com | url=https://gripped.com/news/jon-cardwell-gets-20th-ascent-of-la-rambla-5-15a/ | title=Jon Cardwell Gets 20th Ascent of La Rambla 5.15a | date=5 March 2018 | accessdate=3 January 2022}}</ref>
*24th. [[Dave Graham (climber)|Dave Graham]] in 2019<ref>{{cite web | website=PlanetMountain.com | url=https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/dave-graham-rules-la-rambla-siurana.html | title=Dave Graham rules La Rambla at Siurana | date=19 March 2019 | accessdate=3 January 2022}}</ref><ref name=CDR/>
*25th. [[Piotr Schab]] in 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gripped.com/news/piotr-schab-sends-la-rambla-5-15a-in-spain/|title=Piotr Schab Sends La Rambla 5.15a in Spain|publisher=Gripped|date=2019-02-09|accessdate=2019-03-19}}</ref>
*26th. Gonzalo Larrocha in 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gripped.com/news/gonzalo-larrocha-gets-third-la-rambla-send-of-2019/|title=Gonzalo Larrocha gets third La Rambla send of 2019|publisher=Gripped|date= 2019-03-18|accessdate=2019-03-19}}</ref>
*27th. {{ill|Cédric Lachat|fr}} in 2019<ref name=PM1>{{cite web | website=PlanetMountain.com | url=https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/cedric-lachat-redpoints-la-rambla-at-siurana.html | title=Cédric Lachat redpoints La Rambla at Siurana | date=2 November 2019 | accessdate=1 January 2022 }}</ref><ref name=LAC>{{cite web | website=LACrux.com | url=https://www.lacrux.com/en/klettern/cedric-lachat-succeeds-in-celebrating-the-most-famous-9a-of-the-world-la-rambla-in-siurana/ | title=Cédric Lachat succeeds in celebrating the most famous 9a + in the world: La Rambla in Siurana | date=6 November 2019 | accessdate=2 January 2022}}</ref><ref name=CDR>{{cite web | website=Gripped.com | title=Dave Graham and Cedric Lachat Send La Rambla 5.15a | date=1 November 2019 | accessdate=3 January 2022 | url=https://gripped.com/news/dave-graham-and-cedric-lachat-send-la-rambla-5-15a/ }}</ref>
*28th. [[Chaehyun Seo]] in November 2022<ref name=CL91>{{cite web | magazine=[[Climbing (magazine)|Climbing]] | url=https://www.climbing.com/news/chaehyun-seo-la-rambla-and-5-14b-obsight/ | first=Stephen | last=Potter | title=Chaehyun Seo Redpoints La Rambla (5.15a) and Onsights 5.14b | date=30 November 2022 | accessdate=21 August 2023}}</ref>
*29th. [[Michaela Kiersch]] in January 2023<ref name=CL20>{{cite web | magazine=[[Climbing (magazine)|Climbing]] | url=https://www.climbing.com/news/michaela-kiersch-la-rambla-5-15a/ | title=Michaela Kiersch Sends La Rambla, 5.15a | first=Delaney | last=Miller | date=1 February 2023 | accessdate=3 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | website=PlanetMountain | url=https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/michaela-kiersch-sends-siurana-la-rambla-9a-plus.html | title=Michaela Kiersch sends Siurana's La Rambla (9a+) | date=29 January 2023 | accessdate=1 February 2023}}</ref>
*30th. [[Seb Berthe]] in January 2023<ref>{{cite web | website=PlanetMountain | url=https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/seb-berthe-redpoints-la-rambla-9a-plus-siurana.html | title=Seb Berthe redpoints La Rambla (9a+) at Siurana | date=31 January 2023 | accessdate=3 February 2023}}</ref>
*31st. {{ill|Gabriele Moroni|it}} in February 2024.<ref>{{cite web | magazine=Gripped Magazine (Canada)| url=https://gripped.com/news/gabriele-moroni-sends-la-rambla-5-15a/ | date=1 March 2024 | accessdate=15 October 2024 | title=Gabriele Moroni Sends La Rambla 5.15a}}</ref>
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First female free ascents ([[FFFA]]):
*1st. [[Margo Hayes]] in February 2017; [[List of grade milestones in rock climbing#Redpointed by women|first-ever female]] to climb a {{climbing grade|9a+}}<ref name=MH1/>
*2nd. [[Chaehyun Seo]] in November 2022<ref name=CL91/>
*3rd. [[Michaela Kiersch]] in January 2023<ref name=CL20/>
==Filmography==
* Margo Hayes' first female and 16th ascent:  {{cite AV media | title=Break on Through (ReelRock 12) | asin= | type=Motion picture| date=2 November 2017 | publisher=[[Sender Films]] | people= Hong, Matty and Mortimer, Peter (director) | url= https://www.mntnfilm.com/en/film/break-on-through-2017 | accessdate=25 December 2021}}
==See also==
*[[History of rock climbing]]
*[[List of first ascents (sport climbing)]]
*''[[Silence (climb)|Silence]]'', first climb in the world with a potential grade of {{Climbing grade|9c}}
*''[[La Dura Dura]]'', second climb in the world with a confirmed grade of {{Climbing grade|9b+}}
*''[[Jumbo Love]]'', first climb in the world with a confirmed grade of {{Climbing grade|9b}}
*''[[Realization (climb)|Realization/Biographie]]'', first climb in the world with a confirmed grade of {{Climbing grade|9a+}}
*''[[Action Directe (climb)|Action Directe]]'', first climb in the world with a confirmed grade of {{Climbing grade|9a}}
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://hardclimbs.info/climbs/la-rambla/ La Rambla], ''Hard Climbs'' (2023)
*[https://www.rockandice.com/climbing-news/vintage-video-dani-andrada-on-la-rambla-5-15a/ VINTAGE VIDEO: Dani Andrada on La Rambla (5.15a)], ''[[Rock & Ice]]'' (1996)
*[https://www.ukclimbing.com/videos/categories/sport_climbing/ramon_julian_on_la_rambla_original_9a+-889 Ramón Julián on La Rambla original, 9a+], ''UKClimbing.com'' (2003)
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