Yannick Flohé does Story of Three Worlds (8C+)

Yannick Flohé has repeated Shawn Raboutou’s Story of Three Worlds (8C+) in Cresciano. It is a left stand start, including a possible no-hands rest, to the classical The Dagger (8B+). The 25-year-old has previously done three 8C’s and last year he did his first 9a+ route. (c) Max Raeuber

Can you tell us more about the ascent?
I’ve tried Story 3 in 2022 for one session and figured out the crux move pretty fast. somehow I never came back until this year. After new years I tried for two sessions and linked the no hand rest into the dagger a couple of times but the first two moves are the main crux for me. There’s a hidden toehook for readjusting the right hand after the first move but somehow I couldnt figure it out so I came up with another beta. This trip I came back ant sent on the first day. Also warmer conditions made a huge difference for me as I can’t climb in the cold. In the end I didn’t use the nohand rest because I was afraid of slipping and falling onto my head while resting 😅

What are your plans for 2025?
Focus more on lead my main project outdoors is ratstaman and I want to be in shape for the lead worldcups I’ll take a break from bouldering it’s too much of a headache for me but I hope I find my psyche for next years boulder worldcup season. Nevertheless I’ll compete in one or two cups in Europe like Innsbruck or Prag.

In 2019, the German won the bronze in the Boulder World Championship and in 2021, he became the Combined World Champion. The year after, he won the World Cup in Brixen. Last year he was #9 in the Paris Olympics.