In October last year, Laura Pineau alias "Mademoiselle Fissure" secured the second female ascent of the most famous crack route in Europe: Greenspit. This video shows her impressive ascent.
Over 20 years ago it was Didier berthodwho made the route Greenspit im Valle dell'Orco was the first person to climb it free. After an initial euphoria, things calmed down a bit around the line until the historic route was rediscovered by the climbing elite a few years ago.
The ban that only men could complete the route was broken for the first time in 2020 by the Austrian Babsi Zangerl.
When I saw Babsi Zangerl in Greenspit, the dream was born in me to one day be strong enough to free climb the route.
Laura Pineau
Three years passed before Pineau, while climbing the route Butterfly Circus in Ticino, he gathered the necessary courage and decided to tackle Greenspit. A first session in the summer was more or less a waste of time, because the temperatures and humidity were far too high. Things were different in autumn 2023. On the day of the climb, a strong wind blew and everything seemed to fit together.
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