Le Voyage, E10 7a, for Melissa Le Nevé and Fabian Buhl
Melissa Le Nevé and Fabian Buhl have both made ascents of James Pearson's Le Voyage (8b+), E10 7a, in Annot, France.
Melissa Le Nevé has made the first female ascent of Sébastien Frigault's Mécanique élémentaire, ~8B+, at Recloses, Fontainebleau.
© Fabian Buhl
Swoop!! Today I could send my hardest climb on the paper but mostly my hardest challenge in terms of reachy moves and mental side ! After falling a while on the very last move I finally could stand on the top of "Mécanique élémentaire" 8B+. Super happy!
It seems Melissa's leaving the competition scene and focusing on outdoor climbing is really beginning to pay off. By repeating Mecanique elementaire she became only the sixth* female climber to climb an ~8B+ or harder boulder problem.
*Tomoko Ogawa, Shauna Coxsey, Alex Puccio(3), Ashima Shiraishi(5), Isabelle Faus(2)
This weekend we'll have a chance to see whether Melissa will be able to tranfer her good outdoor form to indoor climbing at the CWIF.
Melissa Le Nevé is sponsored by: adidas, Five Ten and Petzl
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