In 1999 Core stopped competing in the
Lead Climbing World Cup and started participating in the
Bouldering World Cup, organized by
UIAA in that year for the first time in history.[1] He immediately won the Cup, and again in 2002.[2] In 2003, he earned the title of World Champion in bouldering.[3]
Bouldering
He has ascended several very hard boulders in Italy near
Bobbio Pellice,
Varazze, and
Triora. In 2008, he climbed Gioia [
fr], the
first-ever boulder graded
8C+ (V16) in history, and was for 8 years, the most difficult boulder in the world. In 2011,
Adam Ondra repeated the ascent and confirmed the grade,[4] however, in 2015, Core announced that a hold broke on Gioia, which he could only partially repair, and which slightly lowered the grade.[5]
Core redpointed
8C+ (V16) and flashed
8A (V11) boulder problems.
8C+/V16:
Gioia [
fr] –
Varazze (
ITA) – 2008 – First ascent.[8]Adam Ondra repeated it on 6 December 2011 and confirmed the 8C+ grade.[9] Third ascent by Nalle Hukkataival[10]
Andrea Gennari Daneri, Christian Core (2000). Pareti e Montagne edizioni (ed.). Train!.
External links
Stefanello, Vinicio (14 March 2003).
"Christian Core e Dreamtime". PlanetMountain (in Italian). Archived from
the original on 3 August 2017. Retrieved 2 December 2023.