Rotpunkt

Through failure and success, Alex Megos strives to be the best climber in the world.

Feature type Video

Read time 13 min read

Published Apr 16, 2020

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Redpoint in English: An ascent without falls, of a route under a climber’s own power and without aid, meaning gear and rope are never weighted; the birth of free climbing in Europe.

Through failure and success, Alex Megos strives to be the best climber in the world. This is his story.

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