The world’s third V17 boulder problem now has a second graduate, with the young Brit calling his send an ‘amazing experience.’
At 24, Aidan Roberts just became the fourth climber in the world to successfully send a V17 boulder problem.
In a stoke-filled Instagram post, Roberts described a joyful process for ticking off “Alphane,” established by Shawn Raboutou in Fionnay, Switzerland, in August.
Only three V17 problems exist in the world, and each of them remained an unrepeated first ascent — until now. With his send of “Alphane,” Roberts has become the first climber to repeat the hardest bouldering grade in the land. He called the experience “a pleasure.”
“This one was a pretty amazing experience to live,” Roberts wrote. “As with almost all of climbing, that one attempt where all the factors fall into place, that moment of flow where moves feel effortlessly, when time feels irrelevant — it makes up but a negligible fraction of our experience. And yet this attempt often holds all of the power over our stories of success.”
Though Roberts didn’t explicitly discuss the route’s grade, his post begins with a simple but significant title: “Alphane 9a.”
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Roberts’ Swift Ascent to the Top
Those following Roberts’ career won’t be too surprised that he broke the highest barrier in bouldering.
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