Simon Lorenzi makes fourth ascent of Alphane, Font 9A
Belgian climber Simon Lorenzi has made the fourth ascent of Shawn Raboutou's Font 9A boulder, Alphane, at Chironico in Switzerland.
Simon Lorenzi is a competition climber who won the World Youth Championships in Lead back in 2016. He has since transitioned to the senior competitions and has been gradually improving in both Lead and...
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Amazing stuff.
Also worth re-celebrating Nalle’s effort establishing such an incredible line in the first instance.
Death slab topout.
Death from 10', I don't think so.
But I know what you mean, would it have counted if he'd stood up over the lip, totally on the slab, and slipped off the icy stuff at the top - INCOMPLETE 🤣🤣
I expect his ice axes and crampons would make short work of that.
I’m psyched to see the video, surely the top-out is going to be the most exciting part!
Yeah! And a relatively long time ago too.