Toni Lamprecht sticks a crimp on Fred Nicole’s benchmark V15 Dreamtime (later chipped by parties unknown to V14), Cresciano, Ticino. “This is a different shot from an often published boulder, where you usually see this famous dyno,” says Moix. “Unfortunately, climbers in search of fame chipped this piece of history . . . such a waste, such a pity, such a shame for the community.” Photo by Fred Moix / fredmoix.com
Toni Lamprecht sticks a crimp on Fred Nicole’s benchmark V15 Dreamtime (later chipped by parties unknown to V14), Cresciano, Ticino. “This is a different shot from an often published boulder, where you usually see this famous dyno,” says Moix. “Unfortunately, climbers in search of fame chipped this piece of history . . . such a waste, such a pity, such a shame for the community.” Photo by Fred Moix / fredmoix.com
Keith “Unclesomebody” Bradbury, of the United Kingdom, levitates up the mythical slab of Black Mirror (V4), Brione, Ticino. Photo by Fred Moix / fredmoix.com
Keith “Unclesomebody” Bradbury, of the United Kingdom, levitates up the mythical slab of Black Mirror (V4), Brione, Ticino. Photo by Fred Moix / fredmoix.com
The local Théo Chappex reaching an insane undercling . . . and sending it: Radja (V14), Branson. When Radja went up, in 1995, it was the hardest problem of its time, on the same boulder as the world’s first V13, La Danse des Balrogs — both by Fred Nicole. “This boulder is above the hamlet of Branson,” says Moix. “In olden times, a man was paid to dynamite it by the townspeople, to prevent it from toppling onto the village (a common fear in our country!), but he went away with the money and the boulder stayed.” Photo by Fred Moix / fredmoix.com
The local Théo Chappex reaching an insane undercling . . . and sending it: Radja (V14), Branson. When Radja went up, in 1995, it was the hardest problem of its time, on the same boulder as the world’s first V13, La Danse des Balrogs — both by Fred Nicole. “This boulder is above the hamlet of Branson,” says Moix. “In olden times, a man was paid to dynamite it by the townspeople, to prevent it from toppling onto the village (a common fear in our country!), but he went away with the money and the boulder stayed.” Photo by Fred Moix / fredmoix.com
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