Fred Nicole’s 1992 testpiece La Danse des Balrogs, 8A+

1Aug2008 Filed under: Bouldering, Grade, Problems, Rock Climbing, V11 Author: Jake

Classic boulder problem put up by Fred Nicole in 1992. At the time it was the first 8B bloc in the world. [source pascal brown]

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