Luke Eberhard does Parzival as his first 8C

Luke Eberhard has repeated Dave Graham’s Parzival (8C) in Rocklands. The 21-year-old South African has previously sent four 8B+’s. (c) Rocklands Visual Diary

Can you tell us more about the ascent?
I always enjoy the weird wizardry involved in many of Dave’s blocs, so it was high on my somewhat optimistic list of boulders to try. This year I dug in with my friend Tony and we made surprisingly consistent progress. The hardest part was understanding the conditions required to stick to the weird slopey dish crimp that is the crux right hand. On one of the last cold days of the season I had a heartbreaking dab after the crux. Thankfully a cold breezy evening appeared the next week to finish it off. Hopefully we will get one more for Tony to follow suit.