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Double ascent of the 8c boulder Roadkill: Dave Graham & Clément Lechaptois

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Together they project the line and together they also got the inspection: Dave Graham and Clément Lechaptois cracked the impressive 6c boulder roadkill on December 2021, 8.

At the beginning of the month there were numerous strong boys and girls in Val Bavona. Among them also the American Dave Graham and the French Clément Lechaptois. Both are aiming for a spectacular line that lies directly on the roadside: Roadkill (8c).

The boulder is technical, dynamic and, with its spicy finish, a perfect combo. Brilliant!

Clément Lechaptois

Dynamic train in roadkill

Dave Graham invested around five sessions until he began to feel safe to try the extremely high boulder seriously. However, certain doubts and uncertainties remained until Clément Lechaptois also added to the session and made the first serious attempts. Graham got on motivated and got the ascent of Roadkill. A little later, Lechaptois was also standing on the boulder. Double success!

The Boulder Roadkill was first climbed in January 2020 Shawn Raboutou and has since moved into the focus of numerous ambitious boulderers. Jimmy Webb (April 2020) and Kim Marschner (March 2021) made the first iterations of the line in Val Bavona, followed by Dave Graham and Clément Lechaptois.

Shawn Raboutou on the first ascent of Roadkill

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