New hard route in Mišja Peč

Matej Sova has added the new 45-meter long route Ekstaza 8c+/9a to the famous crag of Mišja Peč in Osp (Slovenia). The new line is an extension of the route Človek ne jezi se, a hard and technical 8c route which ends in the middle of the face of Mišja Peč. From there there are two extensions, the left one goes at 8c/c+ (the name is the same - Človek ne jezi se) but the right one (Ekstaza) is much harder. It is overhanging slab with really difficult moves on sometimes micro edges and successful climb requires dry and colder weather. The cruxes are the first part of the route and two boulders in upper part. Matej Sova has had many difficult routes to his credit including second ascent of Martin Krpan 9a, the hardest route in Slovenia. ‘The Ekstaza is harder than left extension of Človek ne jezi se but I think it has too good places for rest to be really 9a. Repetitionists will say about the real grade’, says Matej.