17 July 2024
Samuel Richard, 16, does Power of now direct (8C)
Samuel Richard, who last April sent The Big Island (8C), has completed power of now direct (8C) in Magic Wood. โ2nd repeat after Simon Lorenzi. Too short to try the 8b+ so I tried the direct one. Really cool one.โ (c) Chossy Shots
The 16-year-old was #19 in the Innsbruck World Cup three weeks ago after having won the qualification.
Can you tell us more about the ascent?
It took me 3 sessions to send it. I managed to do all the moves in 1 or 2 hours, but I really felt I needed more energy to send.
In the second sesh I was a bit tired, I tried to put send tries but it was not that great. Then I took 2 days off and in the first real try I put on the 3rd sesh I send the boulder. It was really impressive to see how it was changing to take 2 days off in terms of energy.
Iโm training for the internationals comp, and it was kinda of my only outdoor holidays. So itโs nice to do some hard boulders in Swiss :)
What is your climbing background and which comps are coming up next?
Actually, I have been climbing for 13 years. My parents are active climbers and with my dad I used to do a lot of routes but I never did outside bouldering until the last two years. With my bouldering background in comps I managed to quickly send hard boulders :)
My next comps is possibly the European championship in Villars but itโs not sure yet. Then the World Cup in Prague.
The 16-year-old was #19 in the Innsbruck World Cup three weeks ago after having won the qualification.
Can you tell us more about the ascent?
It took me 3 sessions to send it. I managed to do all the moves in 1 or 2 hours, but I really felt I needed more energy to send.
In the second sesh I was a bit tired, I tried to put send tries but it was not that great. Then I took 2 days off and in the first real try I put on the 3rd sesh I send the boulder. It was really impressive to see how it was changing to take 2 days off in terms of energy.
Iโm training for the internationals comp, and it was kinda of my only outdoor holidays. So itโs nice to do some hard boulders in Swiss :)
What is your climbing background and which comps are coming up next?
Actually, I have been climbing for 13 years. My parents are active climbers and with my dad I used to do a lot of routes but I never did outside bouldering until the last two years. With my bouldering background in comps I managed to quickly send hard boulders :)
My next comps is possibly the European championship in Villars but itโs not sure yet. Then the World Cup in Prague.
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