Boulder or route? Frenchman Camille Coudert commits La Force (8c +)

A few days ago, the Frenchman Camille Coudert managed to inspect La Force (8c +). The line with its 30 moves is difficult to fit into the categories "climbing" or "bouldering", but moves somewhere in between.

A little over a month ago, Camille began planning the line. The young Frenchman needed a total of five sessions to commit La Force in the Orsay sector near Fontainebleau. The route was first climbed by Alban Levier and rated as a 9a route. “I have no experience in rope climbing and cannot assess Alban's suggestion. But if I compare it with bouldering traverses that I have climbed or project in Fontainebleau, then La Force is in the 8c + range, ”said Camille in an interview with the French magazine Grimper after the inspection.

"In my opinion it is the most ingenious and most logical line in the Toit d'Orsay roof!"

Camille Coudert

Video of Camille Coudert's ascent of La Force

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Credits: Image Camille Coudert

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