French Olympic-qualified athlete Julia Chanourdie reports in an Instagram story that she has redpointed Eagle 4 9b at Saint Léger. Julia is only the third woman to climb the grade, after Angela Eiter's ascent of La Planta de Shiva in 2017 and Laura Rogora's redpoint of Ali Hulk Sit Start Extension Total this summer. Eagle 4 was first climbed by Adam Ondra in 2018, and Julia's ascent is only the third of this route after Hugo Parmentier's repeat this April.
On Thursday, Julia reported that she had onsighted La Barre à un Million d'Années (8b) 8b.
In March this year, Julia became the third woman to climb 9a+ with a redpoint of Supercrackinette, also at Saint Léger.
Julia is an equally talented and well-rounded competition climber, having qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at the end of 2019 in Toulouse.
Eagle 4 is France's third 9b, after Akira and C.R.S. The line features highly technical climbing with complex sequences through the crux.
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Watch a video of Adam Ondra's FA below:
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Brilliant achievement
When did she climb this. Did she say the date?
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Not sure but she was posting about a different route at St Leger two days ago. Her Instagram says she's allowed to climb indoors and out as a high level athlete during lockdown. (I'm assuming the lockdown is what prompted your question.)
Yes it f*cking sucks. I live 12 minutes drive from St. Leger and I can't climb there. I can't climb anywhere and these people are rubbing our noses in it.
I can go out on my mountain bike but if I go further than 1km from the house I'm liable to a 135€ fine.
Pissed off - me - not at all.
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To be fair, she has just done the joint hardest climb by a woman ever and all she did was put up an Instagram story picture of herself reporting the news... not even a picture of her on the route or a picture of the crag. So I don't think it's fair to say she is rubbing anyone's nose in it.