French climber Laura Pineau after having repeated 'Turkey Crack' at Cadarese, Italy, July 2024
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Video: Laura Pineau climbing Butterfly Circus, one of Europe’s best splitter cracks.
Footage of French climber Laura Pineau repeating 'Butterfly Circus', the 8a+ crack in Ticinio, Switzerland described as 'one of Europe’s best splitter cracks.'
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"I still believe to this day that this crack might be the best splitter one in Europe!"
In June 2024 Laura Pineau travelled to Switzerland's Ticino with Barbara Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher in order to climb Butterfly Circus. Two days after Larcher's and Zangerl's send, Pineau returned to make the second female ascent of this beautiful splitter crack. Here's footage of her repeat.
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