12 January 2023
Midtbรถ and 9a prodigy Thรฉo Blass (13)
In September, Thรฉo Blass became the youngest ever to have done a 9a by doing Trip tik tonik (9a). Here is an article, with comments by his father, after he had done his first 8c at age 10.
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