Marco Müller ticks Story of Three Worlds (8C+)

Marco Müller, who last year sent his second 9a+, has repeated Shawn Raboutou’s Story of Three Worlds (8C+) in Cresciano. It is a left stand start, including a possible no-hands rest, to the classical The Dagger (8B+). ”Around nine hand moves and a bit more foot moves until you’re in the Dagger with my beta. Breakdown for me is: 8B boulder into the rest, then 8A boulder and then Dagger.” (c) Vivienne Augustin

Can you tell us more about the ascent and the sessions needed?
I started trying Story of Three Worlds at the beginning of January. The downward dyno is one of the most unique moves on rock I’ve ever tried! It felt surprisingly good and suited me well. The opening boulder, however, gave me trouble for quite some time. It’s a powerful, tensiony section on underclings with bad footholds. Once I figured out my own beta, I started making some good links. There’s a good kneebar rest in the middle of the boulder. I underestimated the core fatigue, despite the rest, and fell a couple of times in the final section “The Dagger.” Last weekend, I finally made it through the whole boulder with a proper fight.

I‘ve tried it for like 1-2 a week since the beginning of January, and then lots of sessions on Story of Two Worlds and Dagger a couple of years ago.

What is next?
I was actually projecting Captain Nemo (8C) in Val Bavona, but when the weather turned bad, I switched to “Story of Three Worlds”. It immediately got me hooked. I was hoping to get back on Nemo again soon.