19 years after he sought to make the first free ascent of the 25 metre finger crack, Didier Berthod has returned, and - at the age of 43 - finally made a free ascent of Cobra Crack, 5.14a.
Best news I've heard in a good ol' while. Brought tears to my eyes. Genuinely so inspired and impressed by this story. What an absolute wad. The original First Ascent film was immense. The podcast with Grimer was stunning and now this. Just climbing perfection.
Fantastic, well done Didier! Whenever I see or read anything about Cobra Crack it’s always his name that comes to mind. It always felt like he really deserved to get this done and his section in First Ascent is probably one of my favourite bits of climbing film.
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