| From | France 🇫🇷 |
| Date of birth | 10th Sep 1997 |
| Age | 28 years old |
| Gender | Male |
| Climbing | |
| Hardest Boulder (Worked) | 9A |
Charles Albert is one of the worlds best and most particular boulderers. Charles' ability is hard to compare to others due to how he chooses to climb: typically without the use of climbing shoes or kneepads. In this style Charles is undoubtedly a master with no one repeating any of his boulders in the the same style as he climbed them.
Charles is notable for his hard first ascents, particularly in Fontainebleau: La Révolutionnaire Assis (8C+), Hypothèse Assis (8C+), Bélial (8C) and Freerider (8C). In 2018 Charles did the first ascent of No Kpote Only in which he proposed the grade of 9A, however this was downgraded by both Ryohei Kameyama and Nico Pelorson.
In 2023 Charles did the first ascent of L’Ombre du Voyageur for which he proposed 9A after spending 60 sessions to complete the problem. Pietro Vidi repeated the boulder in 2025 using wildly different beta and gear to Charles, suggesting 8B+.
In March 2026 Charles sent his 8 year project Charlatan. Charles did not suggest a grade at the time of the ascent but has previously suggested it as 9A.
In Font, many times I saw Charles Albert do things so out of this world I would have called them impossible without having been a witness. Like flash FAs or in a handful of runs of 8A on a move that no one else can get anywhere near, or 7B slabs in trainers by simply annihilating miserable grains of sand with his nails… [1]
[2] Reel Rock 16: Barefoot Charles https://www.redbull.com/int-en/episodes/reel-rock-s8-e2
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVSC9vIb-PU
[4] https://www.8a.nu/news/qa-with-charles-albert-6net8
[5] Sessions with Emil Abrahamsson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Gvb8f6S-k
[6] Interview with Magnus Midtbø (2026) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkhh2ovhMQA
| From | France 🇫🇷 |
| Date of birth | 10th Sep 1997 |
| Age | 28 years old |
| Gender | Male |
| Climbing | |
| Hardest Boulder (Worked) | 9A |
Charles Albert is one of the worlds best and most particular boulderers. Charles' ability is hard to compare to others due to how he chooses to climb: typically without the use of climbing shoes or kneepads. In this style Charles is undoubtedly a master with no one repeating any of his boulders in the the same style as he climbed them.
Charles is notable for his hard first ascents, particularly in Fontainebleau: La Révolutionnaire Assis (8C+), Hypothèse Assis (8C+), Bélial (8C) and Freerider (8C). In 2018 Charles did the first ascent of No Kpote Only in which he proposed the grade of 9A, however this was downgraded by both Ryohei Kameyama and Nico Pelorson.
In 2023 Charles did the first ascent of L’Ombre du Voyageur for which he proposed 9A after spending 60 sessions to complete the problem. Pietro Vidi repeated the boulder in 2025 using wildly different beta and gear to Charles, suggesting 8B+.
In March 2026 Charles sent his 8 year project Charlatan. Charles did not suggest a grade at the time of the ascent but has previously suggested it as 9A.
In Font, many times I saw Charles Albert do things so out of this world I would have called them impossible without having been a witness. Like flash FAs or in a handful of runs of 8A on a move that no one else can get anywhere near, or 7B slabs in trainers by simply annihilating miserable grains of sand with his nails… [1]
[2] Reel Rock 16: Barefoot Charles https://www.redbull.com/int-en/episodes/reel-rock-s8-e2
[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVSC9vIb-PU
[4] https://www.8a.nu/news/qa-with-charles-albert-6net8
[5] Sessions with Emil Abrahamsson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6Gvb8f6S-k
[6] Interview with Magnus Midtbø (2026) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkhh2ovhMQA