My view is that Brandenburg was a soft end 5.15a, in comparison to Mutation, which I regard as solid 5.15a. “The climb is very similar to Hubble in a sense, but the sequence of moves are a lot more complex and technically demanding. Regardless of the climb itself, the inevitable judgment looms: How hard is it? As one might expect, Bosi thinks it’s a lot easier than “Mutation” - but, he thinks, perceptibly harder than “ Hubble.” So … How Hard Is Raven Tor’s ‘Brandenburg Gate’? A series of ridiculous holds contort Bosi’s hands into fearful shapes, and he throws a left foot above his left shoulder on the wildly overhanging terrain. Watch the first minute of the YouTube video, and you’ll understand why. Reportedly, no one had threatened to send the route since John Gaskins in the early 2000s. Once Mutation was out of the way, it was great to return and clip the chains on this one!”

“Once conditions improved at, I began to put a number of sessions together, and the sequence came together rather quickly for me.

“I am so happy that such an iconic open project was able to go down so quickly compared to my battle with Mutation,” Bosi said. He’d inspected the line, which takes steep terrain just right of Ben Moon’s historic “Hubble,” on rappel a few years back. The 22-year-old dispatched “Brandenburg Gate” with much less of a fight, sending it in a handful of goes on Sunday. Now, Bosi has closed the iconic cliff’s longest-standing open project. His repeat of Steve McClure’s “Mutation” (5.15a) last week was the first in the route’s 23-year history. This season, Will Bosi leveraged the power of youth to send some of Raven Tor’s oldest projects. Long thought to be at least 9b/5.15b, Bosi graded the route 9a+/5.15a. On Sunday, Scotsman Will Bosi sent it in short order. ‘Brandenburg Gate’ was the last unfinished project at Raven Tor, England’s most revered sport climbing cliff.

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