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Myth busted - hard trad F(rench)FA in Greenland

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Valkyrie1968 12 May 2017

A really impressive video of Frenchman Benjamin Bouissou putting up a hard trad route in Greenland in good style.

Fiend 12 May 2017

In reply to Valkyrie1968:

And what aspect of pre-placed gear along the whole thing is "good style", exactly??

Still, it gives someone the opportunity to do the first trad ascent of it.

HeMa 12 May 2017

In reply to Fiend:

So about every hard line that relays on pitons is still waiting for a proper trad first ascent (unless they are hand placed on lead... which by my recollection does not happen that often).

Martin Haworth 12 May 2017

In reply to Valkyrie1968:

Pre-practised, pre-placed gear,extenders, and worse of all...gloves!
Its just like a red point of a sport route with the clips in and it just looks like The File, The File (VS 4c), so probably only VS.

Bulls Crack 12 May 2017

In reply to Valkyrie1968:

Irony alert!

Bogwalloper 12 May 2017

In reply to Fiend:

> And what aspect of pre-placed gear along the whole thing is "good style",

How do you now that he hadn't placed all that gear on lead? Also the last piece could've even been his high point on an onsight.
Too many assuptions.

Wally