Alizée Dufraisse and Seb Biner Climb Their Hardest Boulders
They both ticked their ongoing project in Switzerland
Climbers have been sending hard boulders around the world since the start of winter, and now two Europeans have ticked their hardest to date.
Alizée Dufraisse recently visited Valle Bavona where she projected and climbed Heritage V14, which she first got on in November 2021. The highball has a tricky mantle after a series of difficult moves. The problem was first climbed in 2013 by Carlo Traversi, watch a film about his trip here.
“After a productive session together with Melissa Le Neve and Brooke Raboutou, I finally figured out the move,” Dufraisse said. “Yesterday, I arrived and I felt very good. For the first time, I knew that if I reached the mantle I would go for it.” Present to support her final push to the top was climbing legend Dave Graham.
And Seb Biner has repeated the classic The Story of Two Worlds V15 in Cresciano, Switzerland, shortly after climbing the original stand variation known as The Dabber V13/14. The V15 sit start was first climbed by Graham in 2005 and some have suggested it’s V14.
Previous to The Story of Two Worlds, Biner climbed two V14s with Radja and The Never Ending Story. Both Dufraisse and Biner have other hard projects they’ve moved onto for this spring.
Heritage V14
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