TTT 9a by Stéfanie Lo Piccolo (37)
"After the Covid period, I was in good shape. The gyms were closed, the children were back to school, and we had more time to climb outside. In the space of a year, I did a lot of hard climbs: the tough 8c/+ of “Tango Tonik” at Déversé and several others lines in the 8c range. The shape was back. In the fall of 2021, I saw Petr Blaha try “TTT” and it caught my attention. I did 4 sessions in October 2021 in order to find my methods. This spring, I went back on the route and started doing good links."
During the last three weeks, she has worked it intensively and she thanks Matteo Gambaro who found a new knee bar that unlocked the first crux for her.
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