5 November 2019
TTT 9a by Said Belhaj (37)
Said Belhaj, who previously has done ten 9a's and Papichula 9a+, has done Trip Tik Tonik in Gorges du Loup. (c) Sarah Vicente
"In May I was climbing in Morocco with some locals from around Nice. As I was going to Nice afterward they recommended a route in Gorges du Loup called Trip Tik Tonik (TTT). It used to have some manufactured edges that had broken off so now it was harder and all natural.
During the heatwave in June, I sorted out the moves and came back late September to go for the send. I fell many times in the bouldery crux at the start. When finally getting to the second part, an amazing headwall on tufas, I managed to fight to the top. I was very lucky to do it last Friday because all the rain had already made most routes impossible. TTT was not so bad but I needed to dry a hold before each try. But after all the rain the last few days I'm quite sure also TTT might be done for this season (?).
Next week I'm finishing my season with a trip to the Balkans: Bosnia, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Romania. Mainly climbing but also culture, music, photograpy etc."
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