Gioia 8C+ ✅️
This one means a lot to me, I tried it for the first time in 2012 when I sent the stand start, and focused on the full line a bit more between 2015 and 2016. For 10 years I haven't been back in Varazze and then this season I felt I was ready for it. The name of the boulder means Joy, and it couldn't fit better for the feeling I had once I climbed it. It is the hardest boulder I've ever climbed and it is incredible how
@corechristian was ahead of its time when he did the FA back in 2008, it is considered one of the first 8C+ in the world (maybe the very first?)
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Huge thanks for all the support and all the climbers who shared moments with me on the boulder (specially
@jekraimondi ) and
@sara_grip for the beautiful pics and the video of the ascent (coming soon).