22 April 2022
Dark Matter 8A+ by Allison Vest
Allison Vest has, in just one session, done Dark Matter (8A+) in . "Amazing boulder. Twisty and pockety, just the way I like to climb. So many different betas on this thing too, and all hard. The move to the mono stack packs a punch just when you think youโre all done!" (c) Palmer Larsen
How was it possible to take it down in just one session?
Tried it on a rope a bit and then took a while to decide which beta I liked.
Allison has been an active competition climber since age ten and she has just focused on outdoors for a couple of years. In the female 8a ranking game, she is #2. Interesting is that she has also done two 8B's in single sessions and two months ago she did her first 8B+, which also was the first 8B+ she ever had tried.
How was it possible to take it down in just one session?
Tried it on a rope a bit and then took a while to decide which beta I liked.
Allison has been an active competition climber since age ten and she has just focused on outdoors for a couple of years. In the female 8a ranking game, she is #2. Interesting is that she has also done two 8B's in single sessions and two months ago she did her first 8B+, which also was the first 8B+ she ever had tried.
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