Nalle Hukkataival frees The Understanding 8C at Magic Wood
The first problem which Hukkataival sent happens to be one of the most obvious lines in the forest, a "highball" which had caught his attention during his first visit back in 2004 but which seemed impossible. Until last Saturday when, after a few days of attempts, Hukkataival finally unlocked the sequence to free The Understanding. He told planetmountain "it's most likely in the 8C range. Time will tell."
But more was to come because a day later Hukkataival made the first repeat of La Force Tranquille, the 8C problem put up by America's Daniel Woods in October 2011. If you watch him closely on what he describes as "one of the best hard boulder problems out there!" one gets the impression that Hukkataival has a harder time with the slab finish than the minuscule crimps below!
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