The American professional boulderer Sean Bailey climbs his second 9A boulder with Alphane in Chironico. He recently made his first ascent of Shaolin (9A) public.
Sean bailey is currently unstoppable. After Floatin (8C+) and Shaolin (9A), the bouldering pro from the United States alphanes (9A) in ChironicoWhile the 28-year-old comments on this success with a quick "Alphane (green check)", the comment columns are heating up. We can already look forward to the broadcast video.
6th Ascent of Alphane
Since Shawn Raboutou will first ascend Alphane in summer 2022 The impressive lines attract the world's best boulderers. A strong team led by Ryuichi Murai recently designed the boulder. Despite the high number of visitors in Chironico, Alphane has only been repeated four times so far - from Aidan Roberts, Will Bosi, Simon Lorenzi and Jakob SchubertSean Bailey secures the sixth ascent with his climb.
If you take a look at Sean Bailey's climbing year 2024, the success report from Chironico comes as little surprise. At the beginning of the year, he opened the Grandpa Peabody Boulder in the Buttermilks. 17 meter highball Devilution (8C+)In April Eye in the Sky (8C) in Val Bavona followed, in November Ryuichi Murai's masterpiece Floatin (8C+) and now Alphane (9A). It will be more than exciting to see what trick the strong American will pull off next.
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Credits: Cover picture Lena Drapella