13 December 2019
Huch changes his mind into "reasonable doubts"
"Why I don't believe Said Belhaj's ascent of Action Directe." is the headline of Huch's article. Now on Insta he has changed his mind into, " I only proclaimed my reasonable doubts about Said and Action Directe".
If you only have "reasonable doubts" should you really go out in public sharing your opinion with the whole climbing world, finishing the article with "How dare you?" Should you write, "I just couldn't believe that someone is lying directly into my face. BUT..."
As there was a quote from our email conversation in July, in the Huch article, I just quote how he finished his first email to me.
"I know that this accusation is very serious."
It should also be said that I was Said's coach as he was a teenager. We are good friends and he still refers me to as, "Coach". I have belayed him on one of his 8c+ FA, still unrepeated. Dani Andrada tried it but could not do all moves. (I trust Dani 100 % nevertheless.) We thought it would be best that another more independent media should publish his story. Said is a true lifestyle climber traveling almost non-stop meeting up with different people in the world.
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