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The smallest climbing rock in the world

The first ascent of the sandstone boulder that crashed onto the Kirnitzschtalstraße in 2014 was a spectacular event. For one day the 50 tons of stone added another peak to the mountainscape before they were smashed with heavy machines. Due to its short existance the rock was called “Eintagsfliege” (Ephemera). the 32,7 metre high rock was conquered by the members of the mountaineering club Buschmühleover night; the took the most difficult, challenging route which they named “HO-Pico-Kante” and was crowned with a summit log that each of the summiteers signed. The cartographer Böhm, one of the most prolific producer of maps of Saxon Switzerland, eternalised their climbing routes during the same night in a map.