# A 13-year-old just out-climbed Adam Ondra

> Leo Cea sent a 5.15a in Spain at 13, taking a record Adam Ondra had held since 2008.
- Title: A 13-year-old just out-climbed Adam Ondra · Gripped Magazine
- Summary: Leo Cea sent a 5.15a in Spain at 13, taking a record Adam Ondra had held since 2008. Cea did not copy the standard beta. He rebuilt the route around his own…
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- Source: Gripped Magazine — https://gripped.com/news/young-climber-just-beat-adam-ondras-5-15-record
- Author: Brandon Pullan
- Published: 2026-09-11T13:21:52+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: climbing, records, leo cea, adam ondra, rodellar
## Thirteen and on 5.15
Leo Cea, a 13-year-old from Chile, climbed No Pain No Gain, a 5.15a at Rodellar in Spain. He is now the youngest person ever to send the grade.
## Ondra's record falls
Adam Ondra set the mark in 2008 with La Rambla at 15 years old. Cea beat it by nearly two years.
## Forty metres of roof
Cea found the line on a June trip and clicked with it right away. A massive roof covers more than half of the 40-metre climb.
## The hard part came after
There is a major crux mid-roof, but Cea said the real fight was everything past it, pushing to the exit already fully pumped.
## He built his own beta
The kneebars other climbers relied on did not work for him, so he solved the sequences with high heel hooks instead.

> I really liked that process of discovering my own way of climbing the route
## Already deep into 5.14
Cea climbed his first 5.14a at 10 and his first 5.14d at 11. Next he wants 5.14d in Frankenjura.
## Key takeaway

Cea did not copy the standard beta. He rebuilt the route around his own body and that is what got him up it.