4 July 2010
8B+ by Carlo Traversi
Carlo Traversi has done his second 8B+, Aslan in RMNP. "Once again the solo mission prevails. A bit intimidating with one pad and no spotter. 24 moves and only a pad for the last one. Feeling fit." He also filmed the ascent! and here his blog.
Carlo did also flash Unshackled sit for which he confirms the down grading to 7C+. Carlo is #7 in the ranking game.
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Carlo Traversi has done the first repeat of Bella Luna, a boulder opened by Chris Webb-Parsons just last week. Carlo feels that the grade stands at 8A+ rather than the suggested 8B+ by Chris.
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New quality news policy
Following forum thoughts from Carlo Traversi and Michele Caminati, 8a will also consider quality while selecting which ascents to publish. Normally, we report 8B+ and 9a for males and 8A and 8b+ for females.
In the future, we will also report lower grades when the ascent has been recorded with theโฆ
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