New Alpine 12-Pitch 5.13 on Grand Capucin
Nina Caprez and Arnaud Petit have made the first ascent of the 12-pitch L’or du temps 5.13 on Grand Capucin in the Alps.
Their new route took four days and climbs a clean south-facing wall on the famous peak on the Mont Blanc region.
Petit made the first ascent of the well-known Voie Petit 5.13 up the same peak two decades ago with Stephanie Bodet.
After climbing a few pitches of the classic Bonatti Route, it heads up and left up a steep section of the wall to the top. It required nearly 30 bolts to protect the crack-less section of face climbing, many of which were added after the first ascent.
See below for the stories from Petit and Caprez (scroll through the photos), click on the final video to watch.
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