"First Round First Minute". Only 25 moves long.

Now that he's done all the moves and linked short sections, it's time to make bigger links on any of the multiple projects that he has going. Undoubtedly, there are specific cruxes on many of these next level routes, and it would be naive to think that one of the best sport climbers on the planet just immediately begins redpoint attempts. My guess is that he's done enough of these big numbers to know that his time is far better spent making bigger links, linking cruxes together, and resting on bolts in between short bursts of hard climbing. Look at it this way, using the now famous "La Dura Dura" as the example again. This route begins with 15 moves that are 15b/c on their own. Adam says that he spent 8 weeks on that section alone. 8 weeks on 15 moves. It's conceivable that with the route in his backyard, Chris has spent even more time on it, though in small chunks. Assuming that in the early stages he was only linking it in sections rather than immediately getting to the last move, what we are looking at is a bonafide power phase.

It's been 4-6 weeks, maybe longer. The links are now getting bigger, and pretty soon, real redpoint attempts will begin. He's now linking big sections. Completely dialed is the 30 feet of 14c climbing that follows the crux, and it's quite possibly thrown in at the end of the day or as part of the warmup just to keep it at the front of his memory. More important is that it's well known that Chris has no qualms about trying multiple hard routes in a day. On the day that he did the F.A. of his 15b "Fight or Flight", he first unsuccessfully tried "Chaxiraxi" (15b), and then later in the day completed the F.A. of the 15a portion of this route, "Chaxi". On the day that he sent the much anticipated F.A. of "First Round First Minute", he started the day by getting a high point on a project, a proposed 15c called "Perfecto Mundo". Incidentally, he said of trying "First Round First Minute" that day, that he may as well try because he would "at the very least get some good training in." These weeks of working in this manner are a more than substantial way to build the anaerobic endurance needed for high-end sport climbing, of which Chris is arguably the king.