2 September 2024
Thibault Lair does the FA of Bison tranche (9a)
Thibault Lair, who last year sent Papichulo (9a+), has made the FA of Bison tranche (9a) in La Mongie . This was his seventh 9a FA. "Bison tranche is a route located on a north face at 2500 m altitude in La Mongie (Hautes Pyrรฉnรฉes).
We equipped this area last year. I managed to do all the "direct" routes, so I decided to find the hardest variants possible to be able to continue climbing in this sector.
So "Bison tranche" starts in an 8c+ then I make an ascending traverse on the 2 left routes to continue while in resistance. There are around twenty movements without rest and with a rather high intensity.
It's a shame that there aren't more routes in this area because it's really classy and having the tab in the middle of August isn't bad ;)"
Four days later he repeated and suggested an upgrade of Jonathan Flor's La hebra del viento (9a) in Rodellar. "La hebra del viento is a route to rodellar to the Piscineta. It was equipped by Jonathan Flor who made the FA and who proposed 8c/+. I find it a good notch above the 8c+ in the sector so I suggest 9a soft or 8c+/9a for this route. I think I completed the 1st repetition of the route. In any case, great routes on a great cliff. A hard section in the middle of the L2 then follows a part of physical resistance before finishing with a well-timed end on small holds... Congratulations to Jonathan for all the routes he equips and chains in Rodellar. Notice to amateurs, there are a lot of routes to repeat between 8c+ and 9b:)"
Four days later he repeated and suggested an upgrade of Jonathan Flor's La hebra del viento (9a) in Rodellar. "La hebra del viento is a route to rodellar to the Piscineta. It was equipped by Jonathan Flor who made the FA and who proposed 8c/+. I find it a good notch above the 8c+ in the sector so I suggest 9a soft or 8c+/9a for this route. I think I completed the 1st repetition of the route. In any case, great routes on a great cliff. A hard section in the middle of the L2 then follows a part of physical resistance before finishing with a well-timed end on small holds... Congratulations to Jonathan for all the routes he equips and chains in Rodellar. Notice to amateurs, there are a lot of routes to repeat between 8c+ and 9b:)"
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