At Fontainebleau, a mythical temple of world climbing, has Simon Lorenzi entered the history of climbing? The Belgian has successfully completed the boulder called “Big island”, with a sitstart, and announces the rating of 9a, one of the hardest boulders in the world (the next climbers who will succeed in the ascent will confirm, or not, the rating) .
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This 9a, which he renamed “Suddenly Alone” is only the second in the world (the ninth degree is the highest level in climbing), after “Burden of Dreams”, in Lappnor, Finland, by Nalle Hukkataival. “In the end, in total it took me about 25 sessions, which is a lot more than I expected”, he explains in an Instagram post.
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« After a lot of thought, 9a finally seems to be the most appropriate rating, Simon Lorenzi continues. I think it’s important to offer new references in climbing, it pulls the level up. But as always, it is the next repetitions that will confirm or not the rating! The future will tell ! “
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In October 2020, Nico Pelorson successfully completed the boulder called “No Kpote Only”, 9a announced from the Fontainebleau forest, but the climber proposed the 8c rating.
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