19 Dec Boulder news – Fontainebleau – Branson – Chironico

 
Sébastien Frigault has repeated Gecko assis, an 8B+ boulder in Fontainebleau, Rocher de Bouligny.
The problem , one of the most difficult of the forest,  was first solved by Olivier le Breton.
 video of Davide Zaccone, Michele Caminati climbing in 2007
(source: bleau.info)
 
 
Guillaume Glairon-Mondet (1986) has done la Junction,  8B and La danse de Balroc  8A+, both in Branson – Valais CH. First ascended by Fred Nicole, La danse des Balrog has been the first  8B of boulder history, then graded 8A+.
Guillaume was 7th at Rock Master  2009  (boulder), and second at  Melloblocco 2009 with 5 problems solved.
 
(Source: Kairn)
 
British climber Mina Leslie-Wujastyk has done another 8A in a short time :  after Fake Pamplemousse at Brione and Le Pilier in Chironico she succeeded in Habe Die Ehre  as well in Chironico.
 
 
(Source 8a. nu)
 
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