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Caroline Ciavaldini on Requiem E8 6cFri Night Vid

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Natalie Berry

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Last September French climber Caroline Ciavaldini made the first female ascent of Requiem (E8 6b) E8 6c - Britain's first route graded E8 in 1983 - at Dumbarton Rock, whilst husband James Pearson was working Rhapsody (E11 7a) E11.

Caroline has made the transition from a world-class competition and sport climber over to the "crazy" side of British trad climbing with enthusiasm and relative ease, as tonight's Friday Night Video from Wild Country shows.

Read a UKC Interview with Caroline, in which she talks about her move towards trad climbing.

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Caroline's early climbing exploits were in the competition world where she had several years of excellents results. She later moved into sport climbing and eventually hard trad. She has made numerous difficult ascents...

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johncoxmysteriously
8 May, 2015
Think your grammar could do with a little attention - Requiem certainly wasn't 'Britain's first route graded E8 in 1983' - maybe it should have been, but it wasn't. Nice vid, though, and CC is such a star, of course. jcm
Jonny2vests
9 May, 2015
No apologies for saying she's got the whole adorable pixie thing nailed. Not to detract from her staggering ability for hard trad.
Phil Murray
11 May, 2015
Great to see a still of Cubby in 1983 - can't believe it was so long ago. He was ahead of his time IMO, would love to read more about his career highlights .... (he also did Britain's 1st 8a, on wires, now considered 8a+ I believe, in the mid-80s?). Good trad video - enjoyed it - good lob, then getting it all sorted (unlike me - retreat, strip, don't go up again ;)
Michael Gordon
11 May, 2015
That's this route! 1983, i.e. before Statement of Youth in '84
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