New 9A boulder for Charles Albert
Charles Albert has made the first ascent of L'Ombre du Voyageur (The Traveler's Shadow), in Salève, Haute-Savoie, in the French Prealps. He has graded the boulder 9A.
Charles Albert, the barefoot boulderer, has made the first ascent of La Révolutionnaire at Gros Sablons, Fontainebleau, for which he suggests ~8C.
© Charles Albert collection
As always, he climbed it barefoot and what's interesting is that he says he thinks it harder with shoes than without.
Probably it's once again a problem where it's possible to stuff a toe or two into a pocket or slot which is useless with shoes on. This was also the case on Charles' direct version of Guillaume Glairon Mondet's Le Pied à Coulisse, ~8C, where he eliminated six moves and climbed a very different line.
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