Honza Doudlebsky completed a free solo of Mordor WI 5 in Gastein/Austria on 28th February 2004.

Honza Doudlebsky aka Doudlebak is known for climbing hard routes and also for keeping the lid on such informations. This one leaked from Tabor tonight and, because he is already heading south towards warm rocks, is without more detail.


Doudlebak in action - attempt on SW ridge of Annapurna IV (Photo: Zoban)


Doudlebak portrait - Honza Doudlebsky (Photo: Zoban)

To help you and your picks get the picture Mordor is a well known nevertheless difficult classic graded 5 with the crux pitch being in the middle of the route roughly 150 metres above the ground.

Photos and the route description can be found at www.bergsteigen.at. Direct link to Mordor is here.

Radek.

Translation by Lezec.cz.