24 January 2021

Three fast 8A's by Max Bertone (13)

Max Bertone has, in just one hour, done Atomic Playboy in Fontainebleau. It was put up by Greg Sobczak in 1993 as an 8B traverse. Later it has been called 8A+ traverse or 8A boulder.

The 154 cm tall 13-year-old has also done two other 8A's: Les Beaux Quartiers video and Big Golden assis video. He did the first in just two sessions and the latter in less than ten tries. His father Stefano actually says "This is clearly better than Oriane at the same age." Oriane is Max's 15-year-old sister that has done 15 boulders 8B and harder, currently #4 in the 8a ranking game.
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