Will Bosi FA’s El Dorado Sit (8C)

William Bosi, who last month sent Excalibur (9b+), has done the FA of El Dorado Sit (8C) in Sintra. In total, the 26-year-old has done 30 boulders 8C and beyond including four 9A’s, making his ticklist a contendor for being the #1 in the world. (c) Teresa Coimbra

Can you tell us more about the ascent?
El Dorado is another incredible Sintra line, I was completely blown away by when I was shown it. It has an obvious stand start which was one of the oldest projects in the area.

The stand is a very hard two move crimp bloc which needs a lot of foot tension. It’s hard to say on the grade but I guessed around 8A+. Then the sit adds just 4 moves but you cover a lot of ground and makes the line full complete and really rewarding!

Each sit move is hard but not desperate. However it climbs quite slowly and every move feels like it almost adds a grade to the stand. As by the time you get there you feel like you are lacking the maximum crimp strength or body tension needed to stick the crux move.

What is coming up next?
I’m planning to head to Switzerland soon and check out some futuristic projects. Currently I’ve been working on some long term projects close to Sheffield, one still feels very far away but I had a breakthrough session on the other one yesterday and I’m hopeful it’s not too far away now.