The German climber Fabian Buhl made so far especially with the commission of heavy Mehrseillängentouren of itself (eg the MSL-Tour Ganesha). In the summer of 2017, he made the commemoration of Le Boa (8c), a Fred Nicole test piece of itself (LACRUX reported). His latest coup: Fabian manages the triple ascent of the three high balls Ambrosia (8a) Too big to flail (7c) and Old Gregg (8a). In a single week.
If you should now think that this is not such a great news after all, since you may have already climbed a slightly higher 7c boulder yourself, then wait for the facts. When it comes to the three blocks, we're not just talking about high jumping terrain. No. They are real highballs, as they are in the textbook - or not anymore. Ambrosia demands a strong psyche over 13 meters of climbing, too big to flail comments the free solo king Alex Honnold with “I was shaking a bit up there. It's f *** ing scary! ”And Old Gregg challenges contenders with very shaky features ten meters above the pad.
Fabian Buhl has long dreamed of the highballs
Bishop's boulders had apparently been on Fabian's wish list for a long time: “Ambrosia and the other highballs in Bishop are just so nice and tempting. I always wanted to climb these nice lines, ”comments Fabian. This winter he got serious and flew to the west coast of the USA. He is accompanied by Stefan Schlumpf and Melissa Le Nevé.
Arrived in the American West Coast state Fabian makes short work and climbs at the beginning briefly the test piece Ambrosia. "Fabian definitely doesn't have the same sensation of climbing that we all have. This guy needs adrenaline to make it worth it, ”said the professional athlete Melissa about Fabian's ascent. Five days later Fabian climbed Too big to flail, a super high record highball, which Alex Honnold first started. Fabian says the 14 meter high board location is very uncertain, but he could have cleared the mental barrier and finally climbed the Boulder without any doubt and in a perfect flow. We are happy for him and his spotters. And because two such well-known and blatant boulders are not enough for the young athlete, he got the second ascent of the same week Old Gregg, a boulder opened by Ethan Pringle 2015.
Credits: Cover picture Melissa Le Nevé