28 January 2012

Harsh and bitter statement from Durif

Charlotte Durif has made a harsh, bitter and long statement in regards to some websites did not give her the 9a credit and instead calling her a liar. Kairn: “As we discovered that Charlotte is lying a lot about her claims, we decided with other website part of CWN (Climbing Web Network) such as UKClimbing, Belclimb, Klettern...) not to post anymore about her claims if we have no independent witness... Even Beal and Petzl, her sponsors, did not post about her 8c onsight. She is strong, very strong, but she is lying too much.” She also explains that she left 8a, old scorecard, because all bad comments and she says her motivation is just pure passion and pleasure. 8a interview from 2005 8a did start to get emails in regards to false OS-claims when she was 13 and later I discussed this personally with her father who said that they had misunderstood the OS definition. Some years later, a sponsor told me personally that she kept lying and I passed this message to the Durif's who immediately stopped recording ascents at 8a. (c) Anna Piunova
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