Climber	Suggested Grade	Date	Notes
Alexander Huber	8c+/5.14c	1994	Made the first ascent of the 35m version of La Rambla.
Ramonet	9a+/5.15a	8th Mar 2003	Made the first ascent of the 41m version.
Edu Marin	9a+/5.15a	Dec 2006	Video
Chris Sharma	9a+/5.15a	Dec 2006	Video
Andreas Bindhammer	9a+/5.15a	2nd May 2007	Planet Mountain
Patxi Usobiaga	9a+/5.15a	27th Nov 2007	Planet Mountain
Adam Ondra	9a+/5.15a	10th Feb 2008	Adam sent the route on his 5th try without resting. Video
Enzo Oddo	9a+/5.15a	Dec 2011	Climbing Narc Post
Sachi Amma	9a+/5.15a	2012	Instagram Post
Felix Neumärker	9a+/5.15a	2013	Video
Son Sang-won	9a+/5.15a	2013	Climbing Magazine
Alex Megos	9a+/5.15a	29th Mar 2013	Climbed La Rambla at the age of 19 and almost flashed it, fallingVideo
Daniel Jung	9a+/5.15a	31st Jan 2014	Video
Jonathan Siegrist	9a+/5.15a	20th Mar 2015	Video
David Firnenburg	9a+/5.15a	10th Feb 2017
Matty Hong	9a+/5.15a	25th Feb 2017	Instagram Post
Margo Hayes	9a+/5.15a	26th Feb 2017	Fist female ascent of La Rambla and the first ever female ascent of a 9a+ route. Instagram Post
Stefano Ghisolfi	9a+/5.15a	20th Mar 2017	Planet Mountain
Jacopo Larcher	9a+/5.15a	21st March 2017	Instagram Post
Klemen Becan	9a+/5.15a	15th April 2017	8a Article
Seb Bouin	9a+/5.15a	2017	Seb injured a herniated disc on the crux section of the route two years before he made his ascent. Instagram Post
Gerard Rull	9a+/5.15a	23rd Feb 2018	Video
Jon Cardwell	9a+/5.15a	2018	Planet Mountain
Dave Graham	9a+/5.15a	March 2019	Instagram Post
Piotr Scharb	9a+/5.15a	Feb 2019	Instagram Post
Gonazalo Larrocha	9a+/5.15a	18th Mar 2019	Gripped Magazine
Cedric Lachat	9a+/5.15a	Oct 2019	Video
Chaehyun Seo	9a+/5.15a	30th Nov 2022	Second female ascent of La Rambla. Video
Seb Berthe	9a+/5.15a	Jan 2023	Instagram Post
Michaela Kirsch	9a+/5.15a	Jan 2023	Video

The Route

La Rambla Extention is located in Siurana, Catalonia, in the ‘El Pati’ crag, which by itself is an impressive wall, overhanging above the valley, which you can see on the left-hand side while driving towards the magical village of Siurana. 

The route’s bolting history is a special one to be told. It’s the one that introduces climbing legends, both from the current generation and the past generations. 

Siurana, famous as it is, has a rich history of climbing, dating back to the 80’s. At the time, the most known climber with futuristic achievements, was the German climbing legend, Alexander Huber. He was also the first one to set his eyes on the steep line and spent months bolting it, cleaning it, discovering the holds, and establishing the climb. 

In 1994, the line was completed. Later this year, it also saw a first ascent by Huber, grading it at the time 8c+/5.14c, naming it ‘La Rambla’, to describe its beauty and significance with a reference to the famous ‘La Ramble’ of Barcelona.

Not too long afterward, the Spanish climbing legend, Dani Andrada, who tried the line, bolted 6 more meters of climbing to an anchor at 41 meters (instead of traversing at the top), which was later known as La Rambla extension. Andrada wanted to keep as much of Huber’s original intention and therefore didn’t completely change the line. However, today, only Andrada’s anchor has remained, and La Rambla stands proud all the way up to 41 meters. 

La Rambla is a demanding route. It consists of a mix of different grades, sections, cruxes, and sustained climbing. Steep pockets, crack, crimps, and a crux at the top. 41 meters to cover a wide range of skills needed to send this proud line. 

The line starts with a hard crack climbing section, followed by a section of crimps, underclings, and pockets, on a compact gray, steep, smooth limestone. After around 30 meters, you can find a resting position, and then – well, the crux. Steeper, violent moves between pockets and small holds to the top. Ondra once mentioned the crux itself could be a V9/V17 boulder, and Seb Bouin actually injured his back while working on it.

The line requires power, endurance, technique, and just some superhuman strength, simple.

The Ascents

Ever since the very first ascent of the original line by Huber, La Rambla has become one of the most repeated routes in the world, along with Action Directe, with 30 overall ascents. The first ascent of the line, as we know it today, was by the Spanish climbing phenomenon, Ramon Julian Puigblanque, also known as ‘Ramonet’. 

Taking 40-50 tries to send it, Ramonet managed to climb to the chains, after 4 tries on the same day, back in March 2003. Those previous tries were not easy, as Ramon kept falling at the last crux of the route several times. Considering the number of tries Ramonet needed on hard lines at the time, the climbing world was happy to take the 9a+ grading proposal by Ramonet, joining ‘Biographie’ in France by Chris Sharma.

The following ascents of the route also gave it its prestige and consensus in the climbing world. The list has the world’s best climbers, all claiming it to be proper for the grade. Seb Bouin, who sent it and joined the list in 2017, said the line is ‘a piece of climbing history’. The line also received some quick and inspiring repeats, by the young Adam Ondra in 2008 after two days, and an almost flash attempt by Alex Megos.

Following the first ascent, it’s obvious to say the most interesting repeat was in 2017 by Margo Hayes, as she became the first female climber to send a route of this magnitude.