Amandine Loury climbs Délirium total (8c)

Amandine Loury, who last year sent her third 8c+, has completed Délirium total (8c) in Mollans. ”In terms of the grade, I found it hard, and I think it could be worth the 8c/c+ as indicated in the guidebook.”

Can you tell us more about Délirium total?
It is a very pumpy route bolted by F. Vilpini and A. Rhodes. It traverses to the right on really beautiful holds. The effort consists of completing the 50 moves Délirium très pince (8b), then you reach a good rest—but you’re still quite hanging there. From that point on, the battle begins… you have to link a hard 25-move section with no rest, which on its own is almost worth 8b+.

Often, the attempts would cost me so much physically and mentally that I’d only give it one try per session. So it definitely kept me busy this winter.