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Charles Albert Sends New V15 Climbing Barefoot

Charles Albert has climbed a new V15 in Gros Sablons at Fontainebleau. The long-time project is called La Révolutionnaire and took “barefoot” Charles a number of sessions to send. Below is a photo of Charles working on the project last winter.

Albert has repeated many of Fountainebleau’s hardest problems while barefoot, including La Valse Aux Adieux Prolongee V15 and Le Pied a Coulisse V15. Alberta told Planet Mountain in an interview, “Climbing barefoot is cheaper, more natural, more instinctive. But also more complicated.

For instance, it trashes your skin, but I see that as cool since it makes the climbing more interesting, it reminds you that your body has a limit. The same is true with cold temperatures: my feet get numb, this can be a real problem.” Read the full interview here.

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