Dylan Chuat ticks Masala Tea (9a)

Dylan Chuat has done Masala Tea (9a) in Rawyl. ”I had more or less made the route on the first session (3rd climb), but the end was wet and unfortunately I couldn't send it... A month later, I went back to unwind it, but the slab in 3+ called me to order: a big block broke in my hands and exploded my knee. I had to grit my teeth to chain that day, but it did! Thank you Bertrand for this way! I advise the next climber to skip the starting slab: it is really dangerous and makes no sense...” (c) Remi Degenne

Can you tell us more about the loose block incident and your injury?
A huge block broke off in my hands on the starting slab. Luckily, Lisa wasn’t hurt 🙏🏼, but I smashed my knee pretty badly. No idea how I managed to climb — the pain was there from start to finish. I could barely weight my left leg, and the walk back took way longer than expected 😂. My knee isn’t broken, but I had trouble using my leg that day, so I came down, put on a tape, and then I did the route. No idea how I managed to climb — the pain was there from start to finish. I could barely weight my left leg, and the walk back took way longer than expected 😂. Today, it still hurts a lot. But after a visit to the ER, a good clean-up, and a few stitches to get the junk out of my knee, it should heal up fine (hopefully… 😅). Thankfully, nothing’s broken!

How to avoid the slab as you suggested in the comment?
Either go around to the right, through the slab of the other route, or get motivated to break everything that needs to break — which I’ll probably do myself before leaving on my trip, if I have time.