In October 2016, Isabelle Faus repeated Daniel Woods' The wheel of chaos, ~8B+, at Chaos Canyon, in the Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado.
Isabelle is one of only five female climbers who have bouldered ~8B+ or harder. The wheel of chaos was her second of the grade after Amandla at Rocklands which she repeated in 2015.
Now there is a video of her ascent.
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The Ticklist #10 - Rocky Mountain Bouldering, Dolomites Multi-pitch and Aidan Roberts Climb
In this week's Ticklist, we have our customary ascents from Rocky Mountain National Park, a new problem from the on-form Aidan Roberts and a desperate new multi-pitch in the Dolomites...
Isabelle Faus has climbed her 3rd Font 8B+ with an ascent of Memory is Parallax in Rocky Mountain National Park. The problem was originally climbed by Dave Graham in 2011. This was Isabelle's 3rd 8B+ after climbing Amandla in Rocklands in...
Agreed. We don't really know much at all this ascent - which is poor for a 10 minute video on one boulder. What motivated her to try it? How long did it take? What did it feel it like? What's next? Who else has done it? etc. etc. We don't even know much about her. A short interview would have made a big difference and would have been far more valuable than seeing 7 minutes of failed attempts. It seems like the trendy way to make videos these days is without any narration and just let the images tell the story. But I think that rarely works well in my opinion. Most videos made in this way don't convey much of a story at all. And a good story is surely the essence of a good filmmaking?
"Wow, crazy experience. Started trying last year, took me 2 or three days just to be able do all the moves. This year started started out a lil quicker, by my 2nd day this year (or it could have been third I can't even remember) I was made it up to the jug rest and fell dry firing of the slopey rail. Then the battle started. I went up there maybe 6 times after the first day of getting very close. Basically I would get to the jug like 3 times a session and 75% of the time fall because my skin was to dry/cold or my foot would pop off the smears. rarely did I feel like I was falling because I was too tired, always my third try of the day I would pump out but the first tries always felt really good,, in the end I probably made it to the jug more than 20 times... i stopped counting it got that bad. I was getting really frustrated and honestly just wanted to quit trying it for this year, but chad wouldn't let me ! credit goes to him ! :)) really amped and feeling extra super fit ! Really amazing boulder with great movement, so satisfying"
Yep, the video left me completely underwhelmed, which is quite an achievement given how good a line the problem appears to be. The joint at the end just summed it up for me ... all a bit lame.
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