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fiend
Nov 7, 2001, 3:50 PM
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Alessandro "Jolly" Lamberti has made the first repeat of Fred Rouhling's, Hugh, 5.14d (9a), at Eaux Claires, France.
The route was put up back in 1993 and was France's first 9a. Many have tried but none have been able to do the all out dyno crux until now. Jolly is hardly an unknown climber in Italy, having sent heaps of 8c's.
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Nov 10, 2001, 6:14 AM
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Here's the official news from Nicola Milanese at jollypower.com
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Alessandro "Jolly" Lamberti redpointed Hugh 9a at Eaux Claires, France. This is the first repeat of this route that was put up back in 1993 by Fred Rouhling and was France's first 9a. Probably this is the first 9a route climbed by an Italian until now. Yuji Hirayama in an interview on "Grimper" said: "...Hugh is more difficult of all the other 8c+ I have tried, it is an other planet difficulty...". The route is become famous for its spectacular dyno movement of more than 2 meters. This movement isn't the most difficult passage of the route in fact the cruxes are the starting and final movements that are valuable each as 8A.
Check the photo section for pictures of the climb.
[ This Message was edited by: fiend on 2001-11-25 20:37 ]
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Hugh 9a repeated by Jolly!
