Shauna Coxsey climbs her third Font 8B+ of 2024
- Tuesday 4th June 2024
Shauna Coxsey has repeated Giuliano Cameroni’s stunning problem Hazel Grace (Font 8B+) at Gotthard Pass in Switzerland to make it her third Font 8B+ this year. It’s also the fourth time she’s climbed this grade.
After his first ascent of this amazing boulder problem in 2017, Cameroni gave it Font 8C but subsequent repeats saw the grade settle down at Font 8B+. All have commented on the quality and the beautiful Alpine setting including Will Bosi who repeated it in 2021.
Shauna’s previous problems at Font 8B+ began a decade ago in 2014 with the first female ascent of the classic New Base Line in Magic Wood, Switzerland. Fast forward to this year and after hanging up her competition hat, she’s concentrated on hard outdoor boulders starting with Fotofobia Sit in La Pedriza, Spain (news here) and more recently a repeat of The Boss at Yarncliffe Edge in the Peak District (news here) to become the first woman to climb the grade on British soil.
After the send, Shauna posted on Instagram: ‘This line is truly majestic and I honestly can not believe I pieced it together yesterday. Last day of the trip, sub-optimal conditions but a magical moment let this one flow. So freaking proud to say I’ve done this. Wedge Climbing caught it on camera for the Adidas Terrex film we are working on. No phone footage as I honestly didn’t believe it was gonna happen. I’ll be watching the uncut on repeat tho because there’s a sitter to this epic line and I don’t think I’m gonna be able to get it outta my mind…’
The sit-start, also by Cameroni in 2021, comes in at around Font 8C/+ so we wish Shauna every success on this if she does indeed try it.