Loic Zehani FA’s Fubar (9a)

Loic Zehani, who the last ten years has put up 51 routes 9a to 9b, has made the FA of Fubar (9a) in Les Branches. ”Amazing big overhang. Almost all the 8c+ bolted by Christophe Bernard ( to the right of La bouga ) then finish to the left with 12 hard and nice moves. After falling two times at the very top yesterday today was the good one. So happy to climb the first 9a of this fantastic crag.”

Can you tell us more about the first ascent?
It’s an extension to an 8c+ (which I climbed in 2022 and still hasn’t been repeated) that ends at the end of my big project (equipped by my father and which could potentially be a 9b+). This summer I made great progress on the project, but as I felt I probably wouldn’t have the time this season, I devoted the last three sessions to climbing the 9a, which involves a major endurance effort in the second part and bouldering sections interspersed with rests on the first part of the route. It’s the first 9a route in the sector, but Jean Marc Oberli and my father have begun to develop the cave’s 9 potential over the last two years.