4 September 2024
Simone Tentori flashes three 8Bโs in Rocklands
Simone Tentori, with five 8Cโs under his belt, has had a great trip to Rocklands flashing three 8Bโs; Quintessential (8B), Monkey Business (8B) and The Arch (8B).
โThis time in Rocklands, I spent most of my best days on Finnish Line, one of my dream problems. On the other days, I tried to climb while conserving my skin and avoiding excessive fatigue.
Flashing hard problems has always been one of my favorite climbing approaches, and in the past, I managed to flash almost 40 boulders between 8A and 8A+, but I had never succeeded on an 8B. At the beginning of the trip, my friends decided to go to Quintessential, and I wasnโt sure if I should even try it because it's notoriously sharp. But watching them made me so psyched that I told myself, 'Just one try, why not?' And it turned out to be the right one!
Later in the trip, I managed to climb two more boulders in the 8B range on my flash attempts: Monkey Business and The Arch. They both didnโt feel as solid as Quintessential, but Iโm still proud of them. The first one involved a really committing move, and The Arch was a real fight against the pump.โ
โThis time in Rocklands, I spent most of my best days on Finnish Line, one of my dream problems. On the other days, I tried to climb while conserving my skin and avoiding excessive fatigue.
Flashing hard problems has always been one of my favorite climbing approaches, and in the past, I managed to flash almost 40 boulders between 8A and 8A+, but I had never succeeded on an 8B. At the beginning of the trip, my friends decided to go to Quintessential, and I wasnโt sure if I should even try it because it's notoriously sharp. But watching them made me so psyched that I told myself, 'Just one try, why not?' And it turned out to be the right one!
Later in the trip, I managed to climb two more boulders in the 8B range on my flash attempts: Monkey Business and The Arch. They both didnโt feel as solid as Quintessential, but Iโm still proud of them. The first one involved a really committing move, and The Arch was a real fight against the pump.โ
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