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Grand Illusion 8C+ by Matt Fultz
Already two weeks ago he posted that he had done his 12th session and that he thought it had to wait until this autumn. Then two days ago, "95 degrees today 🥵 doesn’t cool down enough even at midnight. I know I should bail to Colorado and come back for Grand Illusion in the Fall, but I’m too darn stubborn."
His last post commenting having done it. "Grand Ill is pretty much the only problem I’ve tried since early April. It was quite a fight to gain the specific fitness required for this boulder/sport climb hybrid. Pacing, precision, and micro-beta needed to be so dialed in for me. And of course, as usual, the long fight ended in a pretty casual first try of the night burn."
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Matt Fultz completes Big Z (8C+)
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Schubert sends Project Big during his 6th Live attempt
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Will Bosi repeats Return of the Sleepwalker (9A)
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