Couilles de Mammouth | E9 (approx) Trad climb


The grade is a guess as the first and second ascentionists did not offer a grade. However James Pearson did describe it as follows:

It’s somewhere between 7c+ and 8a/+ climbing above a couple of bits of specialist gear. One being a brilliant @fierroequip tensioned sky-hook; the other was a filed down black tricam in a shallow pocket that we thought was “50% sure to hold” (meaning: it’s 50% sure to fail!)… The hook is quite good and protects the first half, you then place the tri-cam from a ground fall position, and climb a 6 move crux (very slopey and delicate moves). If the tri-cam holds (it might) you’ll be fine, but if it rips (it will do one day) you are going to… well… it won’t be pretty! [1]

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/C0cFAfdNY8H/?img_index=1

Contributors: remus (9 contributions since 04 Dec 2023)
Added 4th December 2023. Last updated 22nd March 2024.

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Jacopo Larcher
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Added at 18:12 on 04 December 2023
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Ascents

2 recorded ascents.

Climber Style Ascent Date Suggested Grade
Jacopo Larcher Lead | worked Dec 2023
First ascent.

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/C0cFAfdNY8H/

James Pearson Lead | worked Dec 2023
Second ascent.

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/C0cFAfdNY8H/