Brooke Raboutou has made what appears to be the first female ascent of The Traphouse (f8B+), at Cuvier Rempart in Fontainebleau.

Whilst Raboutou reported the ascent as an 8B, the consensus seems to be that the boulder is a notorious 'slash grade', lying somewhere between 8B and 8B+, as proposed by the first ascensionist, Paul Robinson. Raboutou was able to get the ascent within a single day of working the boulder.

Whilst the majority of previous ascensionists reach the lip of the boulder by keeping their left hand low and committing to a long and powerful right hand bump, which forces the feet to cut loose, Raboutou found an alternative beta.

Instead of bumping the right hand from a small crimp, Raboutou used a slightly lower mono finger lock for her right ring finger, which allowed her to reach the lip with her left hand whilst keeping her feet on throughout. For context of these differing styles, you can see Nathan Phillips' and Ryohei Kameyama's ascents here and here.

Late last year, Raboutou's brother Shawn shared news that she had almost made an in-a-day ascent of Box Therapy, an 8C+ boulder established by Daniel Woods at Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. As yet, the only female ascent at 8C or harder is Horizon, climbed by Ashima Shiraishi in Japan.

The Traphouse is Raboutou's tenth boulder at 8B and above, with four at 8B+.