Aidan Roberts has made the first ascent of The Lion's Share, 8C+, at Brione, Switzerland. 

The Lion's Share adds yet another top-end boulder to the wall where Aidan established Vecchio Leone sds (f8C+), as well as his 8C boulder, Everything the Light Touches. Aidan has said that he thinks this new boulder is the hardest of the three.

Aidan described The Lion's Share, as 'varied and complete', comprising 'slow and tensiony moves on awful crimps', that lead to 'slopier features and an unlikely foot walk before a very powerful slap' to finish, the slap in question being the one move boulder, Vecchio Brione (f7B). 

Sharing news of the ascent on instagram, Aidan said:

'One which I was able to climb near the start of my trip. An old project, standing rather obviously on the Vecchio wall'.

'This wall was in fact my first introduction to Ticino. At the time there were three obvious projects left unclimbed. Each trip since then (firstly one year ago in Spring, Autumn, and now again) I had main objectives lying elsewhere but always found time to dedicate some to these projects'.

'The first trip saw me climb 'Everything the Light Touches', the second saw me up 'Vecchio Sit' and now, to conclude the more obvious climbs on this wall, this final project'.

'Upon climbing each of these, the remainders always felt a little beyond me at that time so it has been satisfying to observe my progression in a physical sense but likely physiologically too'.

'Regarding the grade for The Lions Share, I think it felt the most difficult of the three mentioned above. Though perhaps suits me a little less well than Vecchio sit. Perhaps 8C+ feels fair for this one'.

With the end of Aidan's extended Swiss trip drawing near, it will be interesting to hear a further breakdown of his Swiss 'ticklist' in the coming weeks. Regardless, in The Lion's Share, Aidan has added yet another top-end boulder to his growing list of hard first ascents.