Most climbers take one look at the valley face of Pegas in Adršpach and wander off to another tower. On 19 September, Franta D'Agostino and Kuba "Ratlík" Kácha went the other way. After sixteen hours of climbing they signed the summit book for the tenth time that day at 22:55, with every route on the tower done.
The crux of the whole day was Okřídlený koník (Xa), a long hand crack that runs out onto a blank, slabby wall. Without chalk it felt close to impossible. Kácha couldn't get past the hard moves, so D'Agostino took over and balanced his way up on footholds he barely trusted. After that it was offwidths, chimneys and long runouts all the way. By D'Agostino's count the ten routes share just 17 bolts, which means most of the day was spent on ground where you really don't want to fall.
Like Petr "Jony" John and Karel Nováček on their own Pegas day in August 2016, they left out Dvoudenní, a link-up with only a few metres of climbing of its own. According to D'Agostino, nobody had tried the full tower since. He led most of the routes and calls it about the biggest thing you can do in Adršpach crack climbing.
Sources: eMontana, piskari.cz (2016 ascent), piskari.cz (Pegas routes)





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