Vertical Life

SQUEEZING SOME CÉÜSE JUICE

go again from the 8mm mono, bumping into the deep 2-finger pocket, and wow, the accuracy needed to stick this move is crazy hard! I lunge from the 2-finger pocket to the clipping ‘jug’ – a 25mm edge of beautiful blue-streaked limestone, the climbing to here is hard and I’m worked already as I throw my right knee into the already-famous kneebar rest, I take a deep breath to relax in the position as I flick the rope into the fifth ‘draw, 10m off the ground. That’s when I feel all eyes on me – it’s one of the ‘classic’ feelings at Céüse, when you get

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