9 June 2025
Marine Thevenet does La cantolle (8B)
Marine Thevenet, with well over 100 boulders 8A and beyond to her name, has sent La cantolle (8B) in Pralong.
Can you tell us more about the ascent?
I decided to only work in the morning and then drove 2.5 hours to discover Pralong on my own โ I had seen some videos of the boulder on Instagram and thought it might be my style. I started climbing around 3:30/4:00 p.m. and began working on all the moves, then linking sections. I really struggled with the first move. Normally, you're supposed to keep your right foot on a small foothold, but I didn't have the reach. So I decided to stubbornly go for the "jump" instead. It finally worked around 6:30 p.m. I then drove back and made it home just in time to enjoy a good pizza and a nice Italian wine! FA by the strong swiss climber Theo Chappex.
Can you tell us more about the ascent?
I decided to only work in the morning and then drove 2.5 hours to discover Pralong on my own โ I had seen some videos of the boulder on Instagram and thought it might be my style. I started climbing around 3:30/4:00 p.m. and began working on all the moves, then linking sections. I really struggled with the first move. Normally, you're supposed to keep your right foot on a small foothold, but I didn't have the reach. So I decided to stubbornly go for the "jump" instead. It finally worked around 6:30 p.m. I then drove back and made it home just in time to enjoy a good pizza and a nice Italian wine! FA by the strong swiss climber Theo Chappex.
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