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VIDEO: Nalle Hukkataival vs La Force Tranquille, Font 8C

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 UKC News 18 Jun 2013
Nalle Hukkataival repeating La Force Tranquille, ~8C, Magic Wood, Switzerland, 4 kbNalle Hukkataival has made the second ascent of Daniel Woods' La Force Tranquille, ~8C, at Magic Wood/Averstal, Switzerland.
On his blog, Nalle writes that he "...tried it one day 4 weeks ago when everything was all wet, and now banged it out in two days with no time to rest!" and that he"...took...

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Pretty smooth send, nice one Nalle!
 Michael Gordon 18 Jun 2013
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So he fell off then did it next go? A very 'devastating' fall then!

And no matter how hard it looks it can't 'literally' look nails.
In reply to Michael Gordon: I don't know if it's up to you or me to decide how devastating Nalle's fall was. I guess we simply have to take his word for it
True about the nails-issue. It's just that it looks as though he is hanging on by his finger nails. And that I mean literally.
 Michael Gordon 18 Jun 2013
In reply to Björn Pohl - UKC:
> (In reply to Michael Gordon) It's just that it looks as though he is hanging on by his finger nails. And that I mean literally.

Fair point!

 GDes 19 Jun 2013
In reply to Michael Gordon: The report doesn't say it literally looks nails, it says it certainly looks nails. I agree.

I assume it was devastating in that he'd just done one of the hardest bits of climbing of his life, then fell off easy ground when a hold broke, and probably worried he wouldnt be able to do it again. I'd be devastated too.
 Michael Gordon 19 Jun 2013
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The report was changed.

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