🧗 Switzerland Gets Steamy

Howdy. FlashPumped here. We’re the one climbing newsletter that keeps you entertained through the Groundhog Day that is life.

Here’s what we got for y’all today:

• Toblerone Land gets lots of action

• Ghisolfi & Bosi crush our dreams

• Diaz-Rullo continues his Spanish Streak

• We Wonder at a baby-faced Sharma

• Aaaand finally, Paris 2024 is already sold out 😪

Let’s goooo…

Switzerland Gets Lots of Action

It’s the best time of the year in the best country in the world to live.

There’s snow (normally), mountains, rivers and hardcore bouldering. And at this time of the year, the conditions are oh so perfect 🥶

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Off the Wagon sit start, V16, has seen another repeat.

German climber Florian Wientjes sent the low start to the wagon-sitting problem after starting working it during December last year 💪

The original boulder was worked by Big Daddy Sharma and buddy Dave Graham many many years ago. It wasn’t till late 2018 that the harder and lower start was sent by Mr Raboutou.

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Fellow American Michaela Kiersche has also been tearing up Europe, including Switzerland.

After destroying La Rambla in Spain last month, she moved onto a bit of bouldering in Switzerland, well, to take it easy. A bit.

Here’s her two-week ticklist:

• Molunk V9

• Pamplemousse V10

• Black Pearl V10

• Fake Pamplemousse V11

• Entwash V11

• Frogger V11

• Teamwork V11

• La Boule V11

• Pause Cervelas V11

• Frank’s Wild Year V12

• Forever More V12

😐 Not so bad. Not so bad at all.

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Fellow Off the Wagon sit sender, Yannick Flohe, has also been bringing home the bacon. And we loooove our 🥓 🤤

What did he do? Well, I’ll tell you what he did.

He got the first ascent of Return of the Dreamtime, V16, Cresciano CH. 🥳 🎉

The original line, Dreamtime V15, which was sent nearly in the last millennia (year 2000), finishes on the side and is slightly “easier”. This direct exit makes it that little bit harder.

Because V15, clearly, isn’t hard enough 🤷‍♀️

Well done to all 3, truly awesome stuff. Now let me brush off my bouldering mat…

Ghisolfi & Bosi crush our dreams

Don’t you just love the feeling of seeing someone cruise your proj’?

Or when they do it with no feet?!!!

Well, in between attempts on Excalibur, the Italian Stallion & Will Bosi have been trying to campus an 8b/+ route 🤨

And in case you didn’t know Stefano has already campused an 8a. With his approach shoes on. Perhaps he should add a weight jacket…

The Spanish Streak continues

Diaz-Rullo has had an awesome month.

He started with his hardest ever redpoint, joining the 9b+ crew, and has carried on his streak of impressive onsights.

On the 15^th Feb he onsighted two 8b+’s, Fill de cain and Los ultimos dias del Eden both in the same day. The two routes are in the El Purgatori sector of Margalef, and add to his already impressive list of hard onsights.

As a reminder he’s already sent 7 9b`s, including the infamous First Round First Minute, also in Margalef

Free Hueco! Is Back

Prior to the Reel Rock days, director Josh Lowell and Big Up productions introduced a baby faced, 16 year old Chris Sharma to the world, in Free Hueco.

The documentary checks out the exploding bouldering scene in Hueco Tanks, where we get our lovely V scale from and is an absolute classic!

In order to celebrate it’s 25^th birthday and coming of age, Reel Rock have remastered and (re)released this awesome 1 hour pump fest.

So get the popcorn out, kick back and put your feet up.

You can check it out for free here 👍

Paris 2024 is Sold Out

Last of all.

Did you wanna watch the next climbing Olympics in 2024?

Well, unfortunately, according to one source, it’s already sold out 😪

Luckily, this is only the first round of tickets! There will be more 🙏

But it’s an early warning that if you’re super keen to see your favourite climbers battle it out be prepared for the next round. This opens on the 11^th May, but you need to register between the 15^th March and April 20^th .

Don’t say we didn’t warn you!

From The MotherShip

• Heading to the wall for an after-work session? Then make sure you eat the right grub to get the most out of your session.

And Beyond…

• Climbing is one of the handful of sports that you can keep performing at even into your later years in life. 7 seniors share some advice on making the most of your later climbing years.

• It’s time to invest in the climbing market, or so we’re told. Thanks to lots more ladies joining the bandwagon, the climbing gym market is set to explode over the next 5 years. Maybe it’s time to open our own gym 💰💸 

Bacon & Waffles

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That's it for today. See y’all next week!