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Title: New 8C at Bas Cuvier
Post by: remus on April 28, 2017, 08:39:50 am

https://bleau.info/cuvier/301562.html

Not sure whether it's more impressive finding a new line at Cuvier, or the fact that he managed to magic his way up those slopers.

Title: Re: New 8C at Bas Cuvier
Post by: Teaboy on April 28, 2017, 09:19:07 am

Quote from: remus on April 28, 2017, 08:39:50 am

https://bleau.info/cuvier/301562.html

Not sure whether it's more impressive finding a new line at Cuvier, or the fact that he managed to magic his way up those slopers.

Seems to consist of one move and then mantling out the top out, are there any other 8Cs with so few moves?

Title: Re: New 8C at Bas Cuvier
Post by: SA Chris on April 28, 2017, 09:22:23 am

7C with shoes on

Title: Re: New 8C at Bas Cuvier
Post by: Nibile on April 28, 2017, 10:02:31 am

A morpho, lowball one-mover 8c.
Climbed barefoot.

Never leave the Board.
Never check the Internet.
There's a strange world out there.

Title: Re: New 8C at Bas Cuvier
Post by: jwi on April 28, 2017, 12:10:35 pm

hmm.... there's nothing on Charles Albert's facebook page. Nothing on Fanatic Climber...

Rumour has it Antoine Vandeputte did the same thing a few years ago at 8A+

Title: Re: New 8C at Bas Cuvier
Post by: remus on April 28, 2017, 12:16:05 pm

Quote from: jwi on April 28, 2017, 12:10:35 pm

hmm.... there's nothing on Charles Albert's facebook page. Nothing on Fanatic Climber...

Rumour has it Antoine Vandeputte did the same thing a few years ago at 8A+

Assuming we're talking about the same Fanatic Climbing, it's where saw it this morning https://www.facebook.com/fanatic.climbing/posts/1780518912258630

Title: Re: New 8C at Bas Cuvier
Post by: jwi on April 29, 2017, 11:06:56 am

But, then again, isn't that always the case (that there is a rumour that Antoine Vandeputte did it years ago an graded it 8A)?

Title: Re: New 8C at Bas Cuvier
Post by: tim palmer on May 08, 2017, 02:51:31 pm

In fairness I saw him trying this and other problems over the winter and two things stood out:
1) Charles Albert is super humanly strong, looked as strong or stronger than anyone I have ever seen climbing (and this seemed to be the consensus amongst the locals I climbed with)
2) from my limited experience this looked alot harder than 8a+, there is basically one hold on the boulder

Title: Re: New 8C at Bas Cuvier
Post by: Monolith on May 08, 2017, 03:22:56 pm

If anybody comes home with hand verrucas or other assorted fungal infections, we know the culprit.

Title: Re: New 8C at Bas Cuvier
Post by: dave on May 08, 2017, 03:40:39 pm

Given the amount of crag turding that goes on at cuvier it wouldn't be the germs on climbers' feet that i'd be worried about.

Title: Re: New 8C at Bas Cuvier
Post by: Nibile on May 08, 2017, 04:02:03 pm

True, but adding feet germs to shit germs sounds a bit like adding insult to injury...
Or maybe it smells like adding insult to injury.