#14 Andi Hofmann

Andi Hofmann sent his first 9th grade (UIAA) route in autumn 1986. This brought about the idea that he “may be able to achieve something” on rock. From then on, climbing filled his head completely; he thought about it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

“To go climbing all the time, do some exercises on some boards…” Andi remembers. He and his friends may not have had much of an idea how to train but what they lacked in knowledge, they made up with spirits. “The border between healthy enthusiasm and disturbed behaviour wasn’t always clear."

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