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Délire Onirique assis, ~8C, first ascent by (Barefoot) Charles Albert

© Charles Albert coll.
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Charles Albert, a.k.a. "Barefoot Charles" has made the first ascent of Délire Onirique assis, ~8C, at Rocher Saint-Germain, Fontainebleau, France.

Charles Albert on Délire Onirique assis, ~8C, Rocher Saint-Germain © Charles Albert coll.
Charles Albert on Délire Onirique assis, ~8C, Rocher Saint-Germain
© Charles Albert coll.

Hey, yesterday I did Délire Onirique, easy 8c for tall dudes. Gotta find new hard projects now.

As the name suggests, this is the sit start to Kevin Lopata's, Délire Onirique, ~8A+, and this makes Charles' remark "easy 8c for tall dudes" interesting as Kevin is exactly that. A tall dude.

This was Charles' second of the grade after La Révolutionnaire, which he put up last month.

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Charles Albert is a legendary French climber famous for climbing barefoot. His local area is Fontainebleau where he has climbed many of the hardest problems and performed many first ascents.

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Comments

Shani
9 Jan, 2017
Impressive. Between this guy and Dawes' no-handed climbing, we seem to have the climbing footwear spectrum covered.
AdamBrown
9 Jan, 2017
Just when you think you've escaped 2016, bang, the insanity returns. Amazing considering the decades climbers have sought tighter shoes and this guy crimps with his big toe
Bulls Crack
9 Jan, 2017
I'd like to see him do it in B3's though - which is where the cutting edge is nowadays.
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