Hard New 16-Pitch Alpine Route in Alps - Gripped Magazine

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Hard New 16-Pitch Alpine Route in Alps - Gripped Magazine

Leo Billon and Amaury Fouillade have made the first ascent of a new 500-metre alpine rock mixed route above Chamonix called Les Barbares 2 at the grade of ED V M8/M8+. It follows a steep line on the impressive, but lesser known, Pointe Raphaël Borgis (3,683 m). It took Billon and Fouillade three days and two nights to complete their new route, for which they brought a portaledge to sleep on. The crux pitches had steep roofs and techy slabs. Bill…