Each are who you would consider one of the the modern day climbing greats: Tommy Caldwell, Emily Harrington, Alex Megos, and Hazel Findlay. So assigning them the task of establishing new bouldering problems in a beautiful mountain meadow outside of Chamonix, France is going to make for damn good climbing. And the limestone faces proved to be the perfect ground for challenging yet scenic problems.
When Alex identifies his wall, Tommy offers an unsettling analysis: “I don’t know if I’m going to be able to climb that.” If Tommy Caldwell is questioning his own ability to solve the problem, you know that it is one hell of a problem. But then Alex, in typical Alex Megos style, commits and dynos right through the problem…
…exhibiting his prowess as not only one of the best boulderers in the world, but one of the best all-around climbers.
Anyone else looking at Tommy’s problem (or anyone’s for that matter) and wondering how they’re able to scale these with such ease so early in the discovery process? Talk about intuition. But then again we suppose this is why they’re great and we’re still reaching for that next hold.
