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La ligne claire 8c+ by Katherine Choong
"At the end of December 2020, after the European Championships, I felt completely exhausted both physically and mentally. So I was just looking for a route to have fun on and get back in shape. But something hard of course ;-) I always loved St-Léger and because of the Covid-19 and the restrictions, France was the only possible destination. After seeing Nolwenn Berthier's (a very strong french climber) very inspiring video, I was psyched to try La Ligne Claire.
Without any expectation, I started this project thinking that I had no chance and that difficult routes were not doable for me for a long time. But my shape and especially the motivation came back slowly with the progress in the route. It took me quite a while to send the route but I really loved the whole process, feeling my body adapting to the moves that felt impossible at the beginning, regaining confidence and being back in the fight mode again (even when I fell 3x just a few move before the top ;-) Especially thanks to the great people with whom I shared good times there.
For the future projects: I'm very motivated to try other difficult routes, maybe in St-Léger or Mollans and also to try some multi pitch routes in the Gorges du Verdon and at home in Switzerland :-)"
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Alex Ventajas onsights Panonoramix (8b+)
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