This week's Friday Night Video takes us to Eldorado Canyon, Colorado, where Shawn Raboutou has announced his new mind-boggling difficult Font 9A: Megatron.
His success on the project has been a badly kept secret in the climbing world and rumours were circulating as soon as he reported his other 9A, Alphane, that he had climbed a second the previous winter. If the grades stand, Shawn will be the first person to have climbed two 9A problems.
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Shawn Raboutou is one of the best boulderers in the world. His two crowning achievements so far are the first ascents of Alphane and Megatron, both Font 9A/V17.
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Is it just on my phone that the sound synch is way out?
It seemed fine on my iPhone. Refresh and try again?
That was excellent, apart from the annoying "Go Shawn, Chill, You got it, Yeah dude......" commentary all through the successful ascent.