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NEWS: Jour de chasse, ~8C, by Alban Levier

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UKC News 10 Dec 2016

Alban Levier has repeated Jan Hojer's Jour de Chasse, ~8C, at Recloses, Fontainebleau. This was the 8th ascent.

Although best known as a competition climber, Alban has previously repeated three and made the first ascent of one ~8C in Fontainebleau.

Now he is off to compete in the...

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jsmcfarland 10 Dec 2016

In reply to UKC News:

Has anyone repeated it with Hojers crazy beta?

aphex 10 Dec 2016

In reply to UKC News:

interesting that on a UK website that there has been no report of a recent British ascent of this problem prior to this guy's ascent

Xavierpercy 11 Dec 2016

In reply to aphex:
Is it this one?
http://www.ukclimbing.com/news/item/69539/8c_and_8b_in_a_day_for_ned_feehal...
Amazing looking line
I guess not it was in Feb 2015

Post edited at 09:15

abarro81 11 Dec 2016

In reply to aphex:

> interesting that on a UK website that there has been no report of a recent British ascent of this problem prior to this guy's ascent

+1. But then ukc news has never been very consistent in what is/isn't news

Guy P - James Noble did it this autumn

Xavierpercy 12 Dec 2016

In reply to abarro81:
Depends a lot on how much the individual wants to play the news game. I'm sure a detailed write up photos and video will make something more newsworthy than an ascent which is shared with a few mates.