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Connor Herson has made repeats of two of the hardest trad crack climbs in Squamish, and the world, Cobra Crack 5.14/8c, and Crack of Destiny, 5.14/8c.

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Nice to read that Didier is still going; I like to imagine he's spent the last eighteen years on a fingerboard in his cell preparing for a Cobra Crack rematch.

I believe he had some years away as a monk of some sort? Can't remember the details exactly but I think it involved some form of a monastery type deal...

Good interview with him here: youtube.com/watch?v=4aSZ19z41Hg&

Yep, he became a monk in 2006 but then left the monastery in 2020 to pursue "a more balanced life". Good interview with Tom Randall here if you want the details youtube.com/watch?v=4aSZ19z41Hg& Interesting chap.

Haha, beaten to it!

Yes, sorry, I was meaning a monastic cell rather than prison!

A well made film about it here https://vimeo.com/348159341?login=true#_=_ Surly it deserves more than 500 views in 4 years.