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Freaks of the industry, Font 8B, by Puccio

© Joel Zerr

Alex Puccio has repeated James Litz' 2003 test piece Freaks of the industry, Font 8B, in the Rocky Mountain National Park, CO.

Alex Puccio on Freaks of the industry, ~8B, RMNP, CO  © Joel Zerr
Alex Puccio on Freaks of the industry, ~8B, RMNP, CO
© Joel Zerr

Alex's outdoor form seems to have survived her trip to Munich and the World Bouldering Championships, where she picked up a silver medal.

This was the second female ascent, after Angie Payne who repeated it a month or so ago. Originally it was given 8B+, but like more or less all hard problems it has been downgraded a notch since.


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