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Better known as an ice and mixed climber, Austrias Harald Berger is also a master of Alpine mega-sport climbs. Now, after repeating some of the hardest long routes in Europe, he has redpointed his own testpiece on Switzerlands legendary Rätikon. In late July, Berger led all six pitches of Antihydral (8b/5.13d), a route bolted more than a decade ago but never free-climbed. The pitches go at 5.12d, 5.13d, 5.12c, 5.12d, 5.12b, and 5.13c, with the final crux featuring a six-foot bulge with holds all pointing the wrong way.