Cédric Lachat fires first one day ascent of Fly in Lauterbrunnental

The ascent dates back to mid-August, now though there’s this clip documenting Cédric Lachat and Tobias Suter making the first repeat of Fly up Staldeflue in Switzerland’s splendid Lauterbrunnental.

Established between 2006 and 2009 ground-up by Roger Schäli with Michel Pitelka, Markus Iff, Bernd Rathmayr, Mäx Grossman and Stephan Eder, this 20-pitch outing was freed in June 2014 by Alexander Megos over a 4 day period. After 3 bivouacs with Schaeli, Frank Kretschmann and David Hefti, the young German then freed the final two pitches, an 8c roof followed by technical 8b+ face climbing. With these characteristics Fly checked in as one of the most difficult multi-pitch climbs the world.

Although planning on a two-day ascent, Lachat and Suter made swift progress and much to his own surprise Lachat pulled off not only the first repeat, but also the first single day ascent. Recently Lachat made swift work of Yeah Man up Gastlosen in Switzerland, while in the past he has climbed calibre multi-pitch outings such as Orbayo on Naranjo de Bulnes (Spain), Silbergeier in Rätikon (Switzerland), Delicatessen in Bavella (Corsica) and Hotel Supramonte (Sardinia).

Info: FB Cedric Lachat, Karpos, Petzl, SCARPA

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Voilà le petit clip de Lauterbrunnen dans Fly, 8c, 550m avec @sutertobias et @guillaume_broust derrière la caméra. Cette voie m’a demandé un énorme combat pour la réussir à la journée. Merci Tobias d’avoir partagé ces moments exceptionnels avec moi. Et merci au partenaire de soutenir le projet « Swissway to heaven » lien de l’article dans ma bio @petzl_official @karpos @scarpaspa @lyofood @airnoutdoor #multipitch #multpitchclimbing #arrampicata #climbmountains #outdoorclimbing #lauterbrunnen #swissmountains #climbers #climbing #escalade

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