"Anyone who aged nearly 100 years can climb a solid grade VI (UIAA) can quite rightly be headlined as one of best climbers in the world " , Andreas Kubin claims. He details the story of Marcel Rémy, a 96 year old man who attempted a 6a multi-pitch rock climb:
Marcel Rémy, who a few weeks ago at the “tender” age of 96 attempted to climb Les Guêpes, a two-pitch route at St-Loup in western Switzerland first ascended in 1974 by Marcel’s sons Yves and Claude Remy.
Although Marcel managed to send the first pitch, a stiff 5c in its own right, on the slightly overhanging 6a second pitch he stood no chance. But as he told his sons Claude and Yves, he wants to return. Before he does though, he wants to train just a little more at the climbing wall…
( via Planet Mountain )
image credit: Claude Remy via Planet Mountain