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Yannick Flohé has made a brilliant start to the new climbing year: in Ticino's Bouldering Mecca Chironico, he climbed two tough test pieces in one day on January 24th: Ephyra (8C+) and From Dirt Grows the Flowers (8C).
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The strong Belgian Simon Lorenzi secures an inspection of Alphane. This makes the 25-year-old the third climber this year to repeat Shawn Raboutou's line in Chironico since the first ascent in April.
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Stefano Ghisolfi, who not so long ago was still on the most difficult sport climbing route in the world, swaps a climbing rope for a crash pad. In Chironico, he tries his hand at one of the world's toughest boulders: Alphane (9A), guided by Shawn Raboutou, the first ascent.
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Scot Will Bosi climbs the 9A boulder Alphane in Chironico. Bosi is reluctant to comment on the level of difficulty of the line.
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In 2013, bouldering legend Dave Graham opened Foundation's Edge (8C). Since then, the groin-heavy boulder has been considered a valid test piece in Fionnay. The strong Belgian Simon Lorenzi recently secured an incredibly fast repetition: in just one and a half hours he climbed the line on the third attempt.
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Shawn Raboutou opens two 9A boulders. The Alphane Moon Project line and the Megatron Project. Raboutou never communicated officially.
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The strong German Kim Marschner managed the first ascent of Forgotten Gem (8c) in February. Now there's the video for it. The line is the famous diamond project by Bernd Zangerl and Thomas Steinbrugger in Chironico.
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This video shows Giuliano Cameroni during the third ascent of the boulder Ephyra (8c +) in Chironico, Ticino. The line was first climbed by Jimmy Webb and repeated by the Italian Niky Ceria.
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The Italian Niky Ceria climbs one of the most difficult boulders in Switzerland: Ephyra (8c +) in Schattental, Chironico.
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The Schwyz climber Marco Müller filled his ticklist at record speed at the beginning of the year. A few days ago he took the ascent of the 8b boulder Vecchio ...
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This spring, we met boulderer and pranic athlete Paul Robinson in Chironico and talked to him about his life as a climbing pro.
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The American Keenan Takahashi succeeded in the spring 2019 the ascent of the Chironico-Boulder Big Kat (8b +). First came the line by Jimmy Webb.
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Ticino is currently the post office. Almost weekly heavy new lines are first arrived. The latest coup succeeds the American Jimmy Webb with the commission of Ephyra (8c +) in Chironico.
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For some weeks, Jimmy Webb has been romping around in the Ticino chestnut forests with friends from his home country and local Giuliano Cameroni. His latest coup is the celebration of From Dirt Grows the Flowers (8c).
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He has struck once again: The 24-year-old Austrian Christof Rauch manages the commission of the Dave Graham line From Dirt Grows the Flowers.
