Alex Puccio has climbed Heritage, a Carlo Traversi Font 8B+ in Val Bavona, Switzerland. This was Puccio's fifth climb graded 8B+ after previously climbing Jade, The Wheel of Chaos, New Baseline and The Penrose Step.
In her own words, Puccio describes how she has been 'pretty out of shape' and was apprehensive about attempting the problem. Eventually, the allure was too great and she starting working on the boulder. After battling temperatures of up to 23C whilst figuring out the moves, a cool and breezy day arrived and she managed to contain her excitement enough to climb the boulder.
Writing on her 8a.nu scorecard, Puccio said: "Wow…. psyched! 1st try on my 6th or 7th day. I fell off the last move 3rd day on it 2 times and then for the next days I was struggling to stay on the wall due to the warmth and high humidity! Finally got a windy, but warm day. Didn't even warm up. Last day best day! This boulder is way harder being under a certain height! Have to hop out of the toe hook for the first crux move to the left hand gaston and then the last move to the right hand just under the lip is WAY harder since for my height you can't use the good left lower foot others use. Have to ball up and punch to the last hold. Was a huge crux for me!"
In total, Puccio has climbed 31 Font 8Bs or harder, making her one of the most impressive boulderers in the world. She has been climbing at a high level since 2006 when she climbed her first Font 8A and has made steady progress since.
Heritage was first climbed by Carlo Traversi in 2012 and has been repeated by Nalle Hukkataival, Bernd Zangerl, Christof Rauch, Martin Keller and Paul Robinson.
Here's a short film of Christof Rauch climbing the problem:
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