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This week's Ticklist has some hard bouldering ascents at home and abroad, along with a hard grit flash...

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You kinda forgot another dude flashing Gaia. This video even suggests he onsighted it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYbRNt4GjXEl

But: "The 23 year old Californian commented on 8a.nu after the ascent: "Not a true onsight since I've seen movies, but there was no chalk".

https://www.planetmountain.com/en/news/climbing/alex-honnold-flashes-gaia-e...

Doh! Of course…

Ryan Pasquill has flashed Gaia as well I think https://climbing-history.org/climber/137/ryan-pasquill 

Have to say I don't envy you writing these, must be impossible to keep track of who's done what.

Thanks!

And Mark Rankine I believe. 

Mark did it ground-up. Not that this detracts from his ascent at all, as it was one of the most impressive and inspiring I can think of, and was immortalised through Mike Cheque’s similarly superb Stonnis film.

Having had a few sessions on Gaia I really can’t imagine getting committed on that top section without knowing exactly what I’m going to do next. It’s so subtle, so complex, and so easy to become unbalanced - plus no one in their right mind wants to take THAT fall 😱

Do we get to know the name of “Visiting Belgian Climber”?

Siebe Van Hee maybe?