Deep Fake | 8C+ Boulder problem at Brione

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First ascent. Around 50 sessions.

It was going really bad and I had basically decided that I had gotten too weak on one of the moves to do be able to do it. I then decided to change one thing as a last ditch effort and out of nowhere I found myself into the stand for the first time ever!

I tried to keep my cool but I started to numb out. On the penultimate move I completely missed the hold and in that moment I thought I was off. Somehow I stayed on and couldn’t quite believe that I had finally done it. All the pressure just washed away standing on top and it was honestly the best feeling I’ve had in climbing. [3]

References

[1] https://youtu.be/pNBX-sKv2_k

[2] https://www.instagram.com/p/DEDJIg6NYFR/

[3] https://www.8a.nu/news/nathan-philips-fas-deep-fake-8c%2B

[4] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2025/01/nathan_phillips_talks_about_his_new_8c+_boulder_deep_fake-73882

[5] https://open.spotify.com/episode/0XF0Zsdm50PQkyqTzpwKjB

Second ascent.

References

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqmQsIcuiYg

Third ascent.

Personal feeling of 8c hard, but taking into account the opinions of other climbers who have tried the boulder and with hindsight that this boulder is in a style that suits me enormously, I think that it is probably a soft 8c+. However, it is possible that the boulder is really easier for very tall climbers... [2, translated]

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJv7W_Jt7iy/

[2] https://www.8a.nu/crags/bouldering/switzerland/brione/sectors/frogger/routes/deep-fake/