The American Matt Fultz can climb his eighth 8C boulder with „Dreamtime“ (8C) if you graded „Dreamtime as 8C. Just last year Matt Fultz doing with „Paint it Black“ in Rocky Mountain National Park, short RMNP, climbing his first 8C boulder.

Dreamtime was the first 8C boulder in the world and is located in the Swiss bouldering area Cresciano near Riviera.

The 20-move boulder runs through an overhang of about 45 degrees to the top, first as a traverse from right to left, then it climbs upwards in the middle of the wall. Key move is a jump to the edge at the top of the overhang. In addition, there is an easier standing start variant with difficulty level 8a/ 8a +, which begins directly at the crux.

Frederic Nicole was able to climb the boulder on October 28, 2000 and was graded 8c on the Fontainebleau scale.

In 2004, the handles of the boulder were enlarged by an unknown person and the boulder was thus irretrievably changed. and the boulder was then downgraded to 8B+ by most repeaters. In the fall of 2009, a hold broke out again, making the boulder again 8B+/C.

Matt by Instagram: „Psyched to send this legendary boulder so quickly! The world’s first 8C, and I imagine still one of the best. Also managed The Dagger (V13) right after. Lots of time left on our Euro trip, and psyched to be here with some of my favorite people! Good vibes“

Photo: (c) Arjan de Kock