14 November 2023

Brooke Raboutou completes an 8A+/B flash in Ticino

Brooke Raboutou, who last month sent Box Therapy (8C), reports on Instagram that she has flashed Nascondino 8A+/B and Darkness 8A+ in Ticino. (c) Matty Hong

To our knowledge, only Ashima Shiraishi, Janja Garnbret and Charlotte Andrรฉ have previously flashed an 8A+.
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