Isabelle Faus Amandla 8 B+

Isabelle Faus climbs Fred Nicole s Amandla 8B+ (V14) in Rocklands, South Africa. The problem is located in the Roadcrew area and was first climbed by Fred Nicole in 2005. Originally graded 8C (V15). This might be the hardest problem ever climbed by a female climber. Amandla is a short, fingery problem that climbs an overhanging face with tiny crimps. A hold broke after the first ascent, making the problem slightly easier, and it is now considered V14, 8B+. Isabelle Faus has been doing really hard ascents over the last two years, including a repetition of the rarely climbed Trice and a couple of V13, 8B problems. With her repetition of Amandla Faus becomes the fifth woman ever to climb a V14, 8B+ (after Tomoko Ogawa, Ashima Shiraishi, Shauna Coxsey and Alex Puccio).