Sean Bailey completes Alphane (9A)

Sean Bailey reports on Instagram that he has sent Alphane (9A) in Chironico. This was the fifth repeat of Shawn Raboutou’s FA after Aidan Roberts, Will Bosi, Simon Lorenzi and Jakob Schubert. This ascent marks the culmination of another impressive year of high-level achievements for the American. Just during the last six weeks, Bailey made the FA of Shaolin (9A) and repeated Ryuichi Murai's Floatin' (8C+).

The 28-year-old has been an active IFSC competition climber for over ten years. In 2021, he won one Boulder WC and two Lead WCs as well as sending Bibliographie (9b+). He stopped competing last year after narrowly not making it to Paris.