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First 8A boulder by Alizée Dufraisse

© Dufraisse coll.
Alizée Dufraisse  © Dufraisse coll.
Alizée Dufraisse
© Dufraisse coll.

Alizée Dufraisse's first days at Bishop, CA, have been nothing short of impressive. Already on the first day she did Bubba gump, 7C+, and she followed this up with ascents of Cocktail sauce and Center direct for two more of the grade in a day.

Now, she has taken it one notch further however, with Bubba butt buster, 8A, a pumpy traverse on sharp pockets. If I interprete Alizée correctly, she did it second go! Can't be that many women who've done both 8c route and 8A boulder.

Guillaume Glairon Mondet has also done well. No Mandala yet, but a proud flash of the tall Haroun and the sea of stories, 8A/+.

Alizée Dufraisse is sponsored by Beal, Five Ten, prAna, Petzl, Expression and Power'n play

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7 Feb, 2011
Font grades for Bishop problems - tut tut! Even French Press got converted to V6 for the guidebook! And isn't Bubba Gump V9, which makes it Font 7C? Center Direct's solid V10 though. Anyway - nit-picking over the detail. Good effort and some great ticks.
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