André.
• climbs in Elbe Sandstone Mountains for about 20 years
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• already during his studies he preferred to climb outside than
sitting in the library
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• graduated in forestry and founder of Elbsandsteinfuehrer.de
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• climbed his last missing tower in Saxon Elbe Sandstone Mountains
(Saxon Switzerland) in lead in 2009
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• knows more than 4000 different routes onto about 1800 sandstone
towers in Saxony and Bohemia, most of them in lead up to grade IXb (Saxon scale; approx. UIAA VIII)
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• besides Elbe Sandstone Mountains he also knows hundreds of
routes and towers in the sandstone areas of Lusatia, Bohemian Paradise (Český ráj) and in Adršpach rocks in lead climbing