Alexander “Alex” Rohr is a scientist in his approach to climbing. He performs at the highest level thanks to a talent with few equals in the world and an almost obsessive attention to detail, which leads him to dedicate up to six hours a day, after work, to practicing moves in his local gym. This is how, despite not starting climbing until age 17, he managed to climb 8a after just six months and repeat his first 8b+ less than a year after his first double-rope ascent. The first years of Alex’s career demonstrated continuous improvement as he pursued ever higher degrees of difficulty, up to 9a (“Jungle Speed,” 2018).
But even someone that successful sometimes has to deal with plateaus. To p...