Charles Albert down climbing 8B+ barefoot at Fontainebleau

The video of 19-year-old French climber Charles Albert who, in October 2016 at Fontainebleau in France, sent the 8B+ boulder problem ‘Gecko assis’ while barefoot and downclimbing.

Charles Albert

12

October 2016

Boulder

2m 14s

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