Force du rapport

[9b]

" A finishing variant of Rapport de force, 8b+, that I bolted some 10 meters to the left of the latter.
In all it's about 25 meters long and some 8 meters overhanging.
All the way you climb on really solid grey limestone with crimps, open pockets and slopers.
It starts with a 7c in the down part that finishes with a good rest.
Up from there you have to do the 10 crux moves of Rapport de force to a really bad rest, rather some kind of chalk point.
Then follows the crux, a Fb7C+/8A boulder on really slopy or tiny crimps, to one barely better crimp, where you can chalk again, if you have the endurance.
The rest is an 8a+ with some tricky moves in the end."

Photos: Serge Zacharias

9a