
French climber Oriane Bertone, just 12 years old, has become the 9th women to ever climb a boulder graded 8B+ | V14 by repeating Fred Nicole’s Golden Shadow in Rocklands, South Africa.
French climber Oriane Bertone, just 12 years old, has become the 9th women to ever climb a boulder graded 8B+ | V14 by repeating Fred Nicole’s Golden Shadow in Rocklands, South Africa.
12 year old climber Oriane Bertone has sent her second 8B | V13 boulder problem, the extend version of Psychopad. The problem, located in the French island of Reunion, was opened by Grég Sobczak in 2012 and repeated by Alban Levier last year.
With just 11 years of age, French climber Oriane Bertone has sent Fragile Steps in Rocklands, graded 8B | V13. Only two other climbers, Ashima Shiraishi and Shin Fei, have managed to climb that hard at such a young age.