page_title: La Rambla (climb)
hierarchical_section_title: La Rambla (climb)
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Falaise de Siurana, secteur El Pati, où se trouve La Rambla, 9a+
context_page_description: La Rambla, also referred to as La Rambla Extension, La Rambla Direct or La Rambla Original is a famously difficult 41 metres long route located at the El Pati crag in Siurana, Catalonia, originally bolted by Alexander Huber and later extended by Dani Andrada.
  A previous version of this route, bolted by Huber, was 6 metres shorter than the current one. Huber first climbed it in 1994 and called it La Rambla. Later, Dani Andrada extended the route to reach a higher anchor. Namely, the anchor of a nearby route called La Reina Mora. Andrada's project, initially referred to as La Rambla Extension, was first climbed in 2003 by Ramón Julián Puigblanque, after more than forty failed attempts. Since then, all repetitions were made on the extended route and Huber's intermediate anchor was eventually removed. That is why the name La Rambla, which initially referred to Huber's shorter route, is nowadays widely used to indicate the extended route as well.
  In 1994, Huber graded his route 8c+. However, he actually meant that it was about as difficult as Wolfgang Güllich's Action Directe, which at that time was considered to be 8c+/9a and was later upgraded to 9a.
context_section_description: La Rambla, also referred to as La Rambla Extension, La Rambla Direct or La Rambla Original is a famously difficult 41 metres (135 ft) long route located at the El Pati crag in Siurana, Catalonia (Spain), originally bolted by Alexander Huber and later extended by Dani Andrada.
  A previous version of this route, bolted by Huber, was 6 metres (20 ft) shorter than the current one. Huber first climbed it in 1994 and called it La Rambla. Later, Dani Andrada extended the route to reach a higher anchor. Namely, the anchor of a nearby route called La Reina Mora. Andrada's project, initially referred to as La Rambla Extension, was first climbed in 2003 by Ramón Julián Puigblanque, after more than forty failed attempts. Since then, all repetitions were made on the extended route and Huber's intermediate anchor was eventually removed. That is why the name La Rambla, which initially referred to Huber's shorter route, is nowadays widely used to indicate the extended route as well.
  In 1994, Huber graded his route 8c+ (5.14c). However, he actually meant that it was about as difficult as Wolfgang Güllich's Action Directe, which at that time was considered to be 8c+/9a and was later upgraded to 9a (5.14d). 
  Puigblanque climbed Huber's route four or five times and upgraded it to 9a+ (5.15a), then he managed to redpoint the extended route as well. The additional six meters needed to reach the higher anchor slightly increased the difficulty of the ascent. About half a grade harder plus than it was, according to Adam Ondra, the fifth climber who repeated the route, in 2008.
caption: El Pati sector, Siurana, Spain
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