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NEWS: VIDEO: Jonathan Siegrist climbs Le Cadre Nouvelle version, 9a

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UKC News 27 Jun 2015

Last year Jonathan Siegrist repeated Chris Sharma's über classic Biographie, 9a+, at Céüse. In May thius year he went to battle again on the same crag. This time against Le Cadre nouvelle version, 9a. This version avoids the chipped holds on Le Cadre, 8c, by climbing a slightly different...

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Mutl3y 27 Jun 2015

In reply to UKC News:

Good one Jonno.

Anyone know - is it as hard as rainshadow or do different places grade softer?

remus Global Crag Moderator 27 Jun 2015

In reply to Mutl3y:

Hard to say, can't imagine there are many people who have done both. Probably not a world apart though, Ceuse is fairly old school in it's grading as is malham.

Top notch video by the way.

stp 28 Jun 2015

In reply to UKC News:

It's interesting that there are two versions: chipped and unchipped. Is this to give climbers a choice of route or just that no one got round to filling in the chipped holds yet I wonder? Do chipped holds ever get filled in, in France?

Fraser 28 Jun 2015

In reply to UKC News:

What a cracking video - everything was done so well. Lovely editing, decent unobtrusive music and beautiful climbing & scenery. More please!