Nalle Hukkataival has also repeated Fred Nicole's Monkey wedding, Font 8C, in Rocklands, South Africa. This was the 8th ascent of the problem.
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'Yesterday was a good day as I finished Fred Nicole's legendary Monkey Wedding (V15). A boulder that I had tried and got close to doing already many years ago, I'd kept it aside as one of the last remaining climbs for me in Rocklands after an unfortunate series of skin issues.'
A couple of weeks earlier, Nalle also made the 2nd ascent of Paul Robinson's new problem The Dragon's guardian, commenting that he felt it was Perhaps not quite V15 but a great hard boulder nonetheless!
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