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Jorge Díaz-Rullo snags the second ascent of P.I.G. V15
A sport climbing star keeps proving he can boulder, this time on Stefano Ghisolfi's steep Ticino traverse.
In brief
A sport climbing star keeps proving he can boulder, this time on Stefano Ghisolfi's steep Ticino traverse. Díaz-Rullo is turning a bouldering side quest into a serious résumé, with nine V15s and a 5.15d to his name. Originally reported by Gripped Magazine.
Second ascent in Ticino
Jorge Díaz-Rullo repeated P.I.G. V15 at Gottardo Pass in Switzerland, the boulder Stefano Ghisolfi established earlier this summer by linking Quiet Storm V14 into Rosa Maialino V11.
Unfinished business from June
He tried the line alongside Ghisolfi in June and walked away empty-handed. Better skin and cooler conditions turned it into a short session.
“A boulder I tried back in June with [Stefano Ghisolfi]. He managed to do the first ascent, while I left it unfinished.”
Long, steep and crimpy
P.I.G. is a big traverse on wildly overhanging rock, all tiny crimps and slopers, with hard moves up front and a pumpy finish.
“A bit of an eliminate line, but a really fun one, with hard moves at the beginning and a spicy bit of endurance at the end.”
No kneepad, no problem
A kneebar rest sits near the midpoint. Ghisolfi milked it with a kneepad, Díaz-Rullo sent without one.
“Unfortunately, it was not as hard as I expected, but fun anyway!”
A bouldering year
He flashed Jaro V13 in Spain, got his first-ever V13 flash on Voz Suave Del Mar, and ticked Andularia V15 and Hazel Grace V14 in days. P.I.G. is his ninth V15.
Still a rope climber first
The 27-year-old has over a dozen routes at 5.15b and harder, including Bibliographie and Mejorando la Samfaina. This year he finished Café Colombia, his 5.15d mega-project.
Here's the gist
Díaz-Rullo is turning a bouldering side quest into a serious résumé, with nine V15s and a 5.15d to his name.
