Will Bosi flashes two more Font 8B+ blocs
- Sunday 3rd November 2024
Following his second ascent of Spots of Time (Font 9A), Will Bosi has recently flashed two blocs which he believes to be Font 8B+.
Will flashed his first Font 8B+, Martin Stráník's Charizard, back in April 2021; subsequently, in February 2023, he also flashed Gracelands; Will however thought that was “only” Font 8B.
After sending Spots of Time Will headed over to the Czech Republic to get back on Adam Ondra Font 8C+, Terranova. That however has remained stubbornly wet so in the meanwhile Will has made excellent use of his time looking at other boulders, Dune and Janja S, included.
The first ascent of Dune was made by Jana Švecová (@climbingjane) in December last year. After her first ascent Jane gave Dune a Font 8B grade. Since then however, two holds have broken slightly making it harder. Will’s ascent is the first repeat of the problem since the break.
After his flash Will reported his success online commenting: ‘Somehow I managed to just pull it out of the bag and get the flash, definitely felt harder than 8B but it’s so hard to grade on the flash try so hopefully it will see more attention soon.’ After Will’s flash ascent Jane tried unsuccessfully to repeat the problem as well adding further weight to Will’s suggested upgrade to Font 8B+.
After flashing Dune, Will also sent Sandworm (Font 8A+).
Since then, Will has also flashed Janja SD – his second Font 8B+ - of this short trip! Will first saw that problem two years ago and decided to leave it for a flash attempt. Prior to flashing Janja SD, Will had to spend a couple of hours clearing flood debris from below the problem; clearly, an excellent warm-up!!
Watch Will flashing Dune in the video posted by Jana Švecová on her YouTube channel.