Isabelle Faus climbs the 8b + Boulder Memory is Parallax at Rocky Mountain National Park

A few days ago, the American succeeded Isabelle Faus committing her third 8b + Boulder: Memory is Parallax.

“I'm very proud of the Memory is Parallax ascent. What a wonderful boulder, what an ingenious line, ”writes Isabelle in her ticklist. Memory is Parallax was first explored in 2011 Dave Graham.

Isabelle is one of the strongest boulders

Isabelle usually climbs under the radar of the climbing media, wrongly. The young American is one of the few women who boulder so hard at all. Memory is Parallax is your third 8b + boulder. 8b's were already 17. Among other things, she succeeded in ascent of Delusion of Grandeur in Chironico.

Video about the first ascent by Dave Graham

Memory is Parallax V14 FA from Bearcam Media on Vimeo.

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Credits: Cover picture Isabelle Faus in Wheel of Chaos

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