Zembrocal, the Réunion island video

The video documenting the first ascent of Zembrocal (140m, 8c+), put up by Caroline Ciavaldini, Sam Elias, Yuji Hirayama, Jacopo Larcher and James Pearson on Reunion island.
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James Pearson, Yuji Hirayama, Sam Elias, Jacopo Larcher and Caroline Ciavaldini on the Reunion island
Damiano Levati
A return home. A new route up a hostile face. At times very poor rock. For some even the first time new routing ground-up. Theses are the ingredients that created Zembrocal, not the tasty local Creole dish, but the difficult 7-pitch climb on the Réunion island forged a stong team of climbers: Caroline Ciavaldini, Sam Elias, Yuji Hirayama, Jacopo Larcher and James Pearson.



Reunion Island- new climbs
La Chapelle: Zembrocal 8c+ (7a, 8a, 8a, 8a, 8c+, 6c, 7a)
Bassin Plat: Acid House (7b+) E6 6c, Barbare violace (7b+) E5 6b, Sweet Logic (7b+) E6 6b
La Montagne: Trad is rad E7 6c, Big expectations E4 6a
Bras Rouge Cascade: Innocence 8a+ (sports climb)

Director and filming: Damiano Levati
Filming: Richard Felderer
Production: Matteo Vettorel




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