Stefano Carnati ticks Flow State 8C (+)

Stefano Carnati has sent Flow State (8C) in Val daone. The 26-year-old is one of the very few climbers who both have done a 9b route as well as an 8C+ boulder.

Can you tell us more about the ascent?
Although it’s not that far from my home, I only visited this area for the first time last year. This spring, when I found out that Pietro Vidi had climbed this line, I was psyched to come back and put some effort into it. The boulder follows a great roof, combining the first and hardest part of “Grizzly” with “Flow” (both in the 8B range) for a total of 15 moves. The crux is holding the final sloper.

After completing both individual lines a few weeks ago, I immediately started trying to link them, and during my third session, I was able to climb it! Overall Daone is a nice area that offers some good quality problems. Big Illusion (8C) is another hard one by Stefano Scarperi, which still awaits a second ascent. I hope to find the time to return before the snow comes and make some tries on this as well!