Martin Keller succeeds in the first repetition of the seat start version of the 8c Boulder Riot Act

At the beginning of December 2019, the Swiss Martin Keller got the first repetition of the 8c Boulders Riot Act in the Frankenjura. The over 40-year-old invested a total of 60 sessions over 10 years.

The riot act is a seat start version of an 8b + boulder, the Markus Bock first started in the Franconian Jura. Martin keller has prepared the start of the seat in consultation with the first person and has invested countless sessions in the extended version in the past ten years.

At the beginning of December 2019, the time had finally come. Martin took the 500-kilometer journey for the last time and got the first repetition of the seat start version. The first ascent of the same goes to Frieder Warth's account.

“The boulder offers the best compression climbing that I know. The level of difficulty is in the range of 8c. "

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