Mejdi Schalck Flashes V14
Schalck's first-go ascent of Casavino V14 in Switzerland is his hardest flash ever
Yesterday, Mejdi Schalck flashed Casavino V14 (8B+) in Brione, Switzerland. The problem was opened by Giuliano Cameroni in 2018. Casavino features compression-style moves, small edges, and a terrible sloper before traversing to the top-out. It has become a gem of the area, repeated by top climbers like Yannick Flohé, Austin Purdy, Kim Marschner, Pietro Vidi, and Daniel Woods, among many others.
A V14 flash is noteworthy—the hardest flash ever is V15 and was only achieved in July of this year by Flohé when he flashed Foundation’s Edge in Fionnay, Switzerland. In August, Jules Marchaland got the world’s second V15 flash with Power of Now Direct V15 in Magic Wood, Switzerland.
“Yesterday I made my hardest flash ever,” said Schalck after his ascent on Instagram. “Honestly, I wouldn’t have bet on this day to be the day. The day before, I [split] my finger after just 15 minutes of climbing and thought I wouldn’t be able to try hard stuff for a while.” “I knew it was worth trying,” he continued. “But I had zero expectations of actually doing it. After a huge fight, I found myself standing on top, definitely one of my best climbing moments ever.”
In August of this year, Schalck climbed La Force Tranquille V15 Magic Wood, Switzerland. It was his second boulder of the grade, having topped The Big Island in Fontainebleau in November of 2024. He’s sent many V14s, including Mystic Stylez and Practice of the Wild this year. Schalck also repeated the world’s first deep water solo graded 5.15a, Chris Sharma’s Es Pontas in Mallorca. But the 21-year-old French climber is perhaps best known for his comp climbing. He won one gold and two silvers in the 2025 Boulder World Cup.
