Frederic Driever

soft 2nd go. Heel pop on the flash during the first move...

Sharp but super fun. Numbed out

1st go. Stellar line and climb!

1st go. Surprisingly cool boulder.

Soo good. Biggest flash punt of my life :D

Cool sequence.

Good moves. Huge fail on the flash

Absolute stunner

nice compression rig

Amazing moves

Epic newish boulder with sick compression moves

End of the punt fest. Up only

First time in Calanca. Nice place. Sickness send

Quite hard first move. Always felt desperate... Surprised myself by sticking it today and never looked back. Great line

Nasty low start

Sick one. Did a low start, left hand on undercling and right hand on crimp. Hard first move. Probably around 7C+ this way

Awesome

Most controlled and relaxed flashed I did in a long time... Amazing moves

Fun but also quite easy

Not the nicest rock quality, but a stunner nonetheless

Fun one. Font 7A?

Beautiful line

2nd go. Nice powerful moves

Cool new one. Unsure of the grade... on the easier end

First of the year. From the sit... Chill sauce

Iconic! On the quick.

Pales in comparison to le pilier...

Nice roof with powerful finish

Disbelief. Almost falling on every move during the send... LETS FUCKING GO

All time great

Cool to do the dyno again...

Classic crimp fest. Went fast.

Cool looking feature. Morpho

Fuego!

Ultra classic. Great moves

Incredible moves.

As good as expected. Quick business.

Very nice. Basically a one mover. All about the left foothold

Brilliant. Took me forever to find the right position for the feet.

Beautiful traverse. Easy moves lead into a tricky and crimpy boulder. Harder than it looks.

Should have flashed but didn't commit... Good one, but felt very soft

Hard

All around great boulder

No chance last year. Amazing to feel the progression. One very hard move to a dynamic finish.

Another good one. Quick business today

Good one :)

Epic first move. Slightly harder than Frozen September

Pretty shitty day. Close on the sit...

Great boulder. Flashed the dyno and then did it 1st go from the bottom... Felt super soft.

Great addition by Gu. Climbs En Minor until the dyno and then exits left. Harder than the original

Probably first ascent. Harder start to En Minor. From the start holds, go straight up to the right-hand hold used in the dyno. Elimination, but climbs super well! Gu did the 2nd ascent right after.

Awesome. Desperately wanted to climb this one, ever since trying it 8 years ago. 2nd go today.

Little nemesis. One of the absolute best

PS

Awesome problem.

Soft but great boulder. What a fail on the flash...

Watermelon into Pitch Patc. Maybe first ascent? Very logical line.

Great moves on great rock!

Interesting moves

Climbs super well. Great boulder!

Good one

Rad crimp test piece

Brute force...

Not Bad

Perfection. One of the best in Brione in my eyes. Hard to grade crimp test piece... 8A/+ Good boulder for someone who mainly trains on a hangboard :D

Wow, absolutely brilliant boulder. Legit one of the best I have ever climbed! 1h of work, felt quite soft...

Super happy. Another Brione stunner off the list. Props to Alex Förschler on the FA. Took me 4 sessions (2 to suss out the beta & 2 to send) in warm conditions. Judging from my shape and the conditions, I believe it would be disingenuous to call it 8B.

Magnificent

Sick boulder on great polished rock. Did the original beta from Giuliano without the heel toe jam. Much nicer this way

amazing

Bunchy

Annoying start

Soft. 1st go after finding my beta. Cool one.

easy money

Beautiful climb

Stellar

Another stunner

1st move is gnarly

Punted the flash hard...

Another Brione stunner off the list!

Amazing

Harder than it looks...

Cool traverse

Quite powerful, if done with the big crossover after catching the swing. Difficulty dependent on the method/holds chosen

Very nice. Start from obvious hold. 7B+/7C

Another sick highball

Awesome highball

Very cool problem in the Wolvoland of Austria. Limestone bouldering in high altitude. Executed every move perfectly and surprised myself by making it to the top. FA by Gu many years ago...

Beautiful & sharp

Good one

2nd go

4th go. Amazing boulder. Somehow stuck the hold...

Unbelievably good. Doesn't get any better. What an epic day.

Nice day

Sick back-to-back flashes with my bro Rene

Amazing

2nd go

soft

feels easy

Sooo excited to still find such good problems in Brione! Amazing

One of the absolute best!!! Despite being my style, it turned out to be such a nemesis...

obligatory ascent

Sick boulder. Failed on the stand last time due to wet holds. Today they were even more wet... Did the stand first go and then tried the low start which is practically a lying start, adding 4 moves. Very surprised to have managed a send.

Awesome left entrance into Sonnenanbeter! Quite shouldery... Fuck the snow -.-

Sick power climbing! Gotta love this cave

Moves are so good! Excited to get back into shape! Cool day

Sick addition by Giggo Feistmantl! Same start as British but finish up straight on tiny crimps (bit defined)!

Incredible problem! The movement on this one is soo damn good!!! Love it! 5min this year

Sick roof-climbing action

Full value boulder problem! Tension on small pockets. Quite fingery! So much fun

1st day back on rock since a long time. starting to get back into shape! sick problem

Rad boulder

Such a stunner!!! Perfect moves that fit my style to the max! Tried it one day last year & today send it 3rd go from the start! Respect to Gu the bouldering genius.

Incredible boulder! Dreamed of climbing it for a long time… Half the holds were wet but since I was motivated like HELL I still somehow managed to pull it off! So scary with water in the top jug… Pretty radical as a warm-up gg

Holy Fuck… This day is simply sick! Feeling so strong! Amazing highball from Gu! Tried it once last year and had no chance… 50th problem 8A and harder!!!

Ok I am speechless! Best climbing day I have ever had! In terms of movement this might very well be the best boulder I have ever climbed! I am in disbelief!! Massive props to Samuel Ometz on the FA! 3rd ascent?!

Crimpy and balancy. Very nice! 1h

This bloc must be a godsend… Failed miserably on it last year. Today warmed up on the upper part and send it 1st go! Feels easy now

Amazing piece of rock!!!!

Very satisfying to put this one to rest after ruining the send about 1 year ago!! Shout-out to my best friend R-Dog for motivation and energy!! Crime climbing in the freezing cold…

Damn this is so UNREAL!!! Cannot believe that I actually did it… First tried it about 2 weeks ago and was literally not able to lift off the ground. Then a week ago my bro Giggo did the first ascent and since everything else was wet I just started giving it some tries. Over the session I gradually got closer until finally I was almost able to reach the side-pull. Today I tried it after warm-up for about an hour and got nowhere! I eventually gave up and did Carmen :D Without expectations I decided to try it some more before driving back home! To my surprise I felt incredibly strong and managed to do it on my 4th attempt almost amid tears. Very special boulder with an insanely hard first move! Huge amount of lock-off and shoulder strength required on this one! Suits me quite well!

3rd ascent! SICK problem!!! Tried it briefly a week ago when the first move felt impossible… Today I needed 30mins to figure it out! Afterwards I felt incredibly strong on the left starting hold and managed the move every time but failing to get the side-hold properly or slipping off. Took a total of 2h to finally put it to rest. Sooo happy. Had stopped believing it was possible today...

Such a gorgeous wall!!! BY FAR the hardest 7A+ I have ever done… Soo fingery

Insanely good climb! Felt very easy

Incredibly deceiving low-ball! Looks like a 7a but…. Took me 2 hours to figure out a way to lift my ass off the ground, which I found quite hard! Then another 30mins to send it! Technical and fingery on quartzite crystal holds! Glad that I still managed to take it down! Good addition to the area!!!

Brilliant ending to the best day I have ever had climbing…. Technical boulder on crimps with a tricky heel-hook! Took it down in complete darkness with headlamp!! HUGE thanks to my buddy Giggo for making todays rampage possible!!! Fuck me… (stand-start which is the real deal!!)

Just SICK!! Tried it at the end of last session in a totally exhausted state… Today 10min warm-up! Climbs SOOOOO well!!!!!!

One of the most beautiful walls in the valley!! VERY glad to have flashed it, just like I had planned haha! soft but at the same time it couldn't suit me more

OK this day is just un-freakin-believable!!!!! Took it down in an hour after having done Hole Run exactly 1 year ago! Epic tension and biceps testpiece!! The BEST

Amazing riverbed boulder!!! Crimpy start to a punchy/slopy finish! The whole package! Send train with Giggo just before the sun reached the bloc... about 1hour

Fuck YEAH! What a boulder...!!! A jewel of the Valley! Couple of minutes today + one session in spring! Wanted to send this one badly ever since I first lay my hands on it! Very happy... Psyched for more!!!! soft-ish

Wow what can I say... Absolutely stunning boulder which suits my style to the max!!! Took it down in under one hour... One of the classic Zillertal testpieces! Thanks a lot to Giggo for beta & motivation!! Incredible first day at Sundergrund!! The season has begun!!!!

7c+/8a brilliant problem relying on a properly placed heel-hook! Quick takedown!

Holy Fuck! Incredible last day!!! Found the right positions quickly and send it basically first try from the start! What an amazing feauture!! A true KING LINE and the best 8A in Rocklands! I have never felt better

The more or less obvious sit-start to Lisa's Arête at 8 Day Rain! Adds 3 moves to the original problem! Start with both hands on lowest undercling, move out right to a crimp and then into the starting holds of the original boulder. Incredible to do a first ascent in the Rocklands!!!

Soo psyched to finish off this finger strenght testpiece! One of the best looking walls around!! YESSAS

Nice power boulder! Huge thanks to R-Dog for figuring out the best beta, enabling me to send it quite fast! Felt rather soft!!

Probably the best dyno in the world... 1st go today after a few tries a couple of weeks back! Last days = best days

2nd go. Like every so often blew the flash on the last "harder" move... This is becoming annoying. The moves are outstanding!!!! Bit pumpy

One of the sickest features in the Rocklands!!! Felt hard on the flash

Good obvious problem on the warm-up boulder near the Rhino! Thanks to my buddy R-Dog for scouting the line!!! Start as Third day on but from the crimps in the middle of the wall dyno straight up! Bit sharp...

Aww man. Sooo stoked!! Surreal line & rock formation!!! Simply breathtaking. Took me a total of 14 tries spread over 8 sometimes quite short sessions due to the skin! (The boulder contains a fuckin' sharp crimp that gave me hell!!!) Injured my leg at the top part on the first day, forcing me to employ a wicked, low-percentage beta for the 2nd crux. Wasn't until the 6th session (DAMN) that I finally discovered a method which led to success... Consumed a large part of the trip cause I always had to rest at least 2 days to get my skin back into shape. The hardest but especially the most challenging & demanding problem I did so far!

Boss

Sick dyno + visually quite appealing!!! Soo much better friction-wise without tape on the tip!!! PMA

Nice

Powerful

2nd. Blew the flash while touching the last hold...OMFG! Finished straight up the arete doing a throw from the crimp to an obvious rail! Climbs really well!!

Nasty swing! Powerful!

Sick problem on a beautiful bloc!! Tension on crimps... Blew the flash on the last move ahhhhhh!!!! One of the best in its grade!

Stunning boulder & location! Very glad to have flashed it! To my surprise the dyno was incredibly easy!!! Every 7B dyno I did in the last couple of weeks felt harder!!! I'd grade the dyno itself Font 7a/+ (obviously this does not apply to smaller guys...)

very enjoyable

Blew the flash while rushing to match the rail.... Might be the best boulder I climbed so far! How sick it must have been for Fred to stumble upon this bloc!!! Difficulty wise it does not get close to 8a+, even 8a is questionable IMO since it solely relies on a heel-hook. It'll eventually cost you some tries to suss out the proper position. Afterwards you're rewarded with awesome moves on what are probably some of the best holds in the world!!!!

slab dyno

Little weird but good nonetheless

Amazing climb

weird dyno

Cool prow thingy. 3rd

Amazing looking boulder!!! Totally my style! Very glad to have flashed it!! Felt surprisingly easy to be honest.

Crimpy classic! End of the day! Just sat down and went into full battle mode!! Hardest flash this trip so far

Epic 2-mover! Unfortunately the rock has suffered from the wildfire earlier this year! The Fortress was hit pretty bad... 2nd go!

Good moves... The taller the easier!

Gastons! My style

2nd go after a pathetic flash attempt...

weird

Good one!! Fight against time! Almost got too wet due to the storm... Only car at the pass that day.

Beautiful and intricate problem... Figuring out the beta all by myself really put me to the test... Nice experience

Nice arete. On the quick

Another stunner! Quick business

1st

In a league of its own... Doesn't get any better

The highball classic!!

Such a rad send! Stuck the crux and randomly opted for a campus move which almost cost me the send! Fought really hard to stay on... Haha

Smallest and sharpest crimp I ever held... The silver lining of an otherwise disappointing day

Soo stoked! Touched the starting holds and was fairly sure that I had no chance on this thing.... Somehow managed to pull of these gnarly crimps and send it!! One pad ascent in direct sunlight.... Huge thanks to Giggo for the support! So nice to climb after 8 restdays due to intensive studying! Exams await...

As good as expected!! Everything is soo sharp!! First day in Silvretta! Hard to grade for me... Probably 7c ...?

Gnarly conditions today... Send train with Gu in the rain! Just before it got unclimbable... Amazing moves!!!

Doesn't get any better... Soo amazing

Rugged...

A very nice addition to the circuit by Heiko!! Props!!!

Good problem just opposite of the huge prominent warm-up boulder in the lower area! A diagonal line with crimps

Soo good! Send it 1st go after trying out the end! Took merely 20mins! Incredible location with the "blue lagoon" beneath the block! Magic! Props to Alex on the FA!!!

Excellent boulder requiring a variety of abilities! After trying the end with a heinous beta some time ago, dispatched it quickly today with the og mantle-like finish! proper start which is not that easy...

neat

Truly a masterpiece! I have rarely felt such a joy after sending a boulder. Kinda hard for me

Ace! Such a pleasure to climb the real one! Managed a quick 1 hour ascent! UNREAL rock & boulder!!!! Out of this world... Dedicate the ascent to my cute little sis who celebrates her first birthday today ;)

Very interesting problem just right of Musher. Seems that no one really knows what its called... Since the climb more or less goes up a small arete I dubbed it accordingly. Was kinda surprised how good it is! Brione is the BEST

Hidden gem!!! Beautiful moves on an amazing orange colored rock! Checked it out 2 days ago in the sun... Quick work today! Feeling strong! YES

Certainly the most esthetic problem I have done! Such a unique one as well! Couldn't send last year due to a severe back pain... 10mins today! Quickly rehearsed the end and then fired it off. Fan-fucking-tastic :D

Stellar!!! Harder than Powerstrips for me... 3rd go

Stupid beta for the flash... 1st go with the proper method.

Nice

Dig the moves! Sent with ease... After the chipping this one is very easy, has certainly nothing to do with font 8a!!! Hate these f*****g bastards...

Sweet prob

Superb. End of a long period of frustration for me. Feeling strong. A notch above the other 7c's in the area as far as I'm concerned!

beautiful

choss

...definately not worth the drive

3rd. Wow amazing block. Need to figure out the moves for pressure...

Brilliant problem

Good one :D

graded 7a+... :D pretty easy

Classic for a reason. Powerful. Felt hard being completely exhausted.

Nice one!! Requires a lot of tension. Solid

Soft?!! Defined Hörhager problem. Bloc 9 No.3. First Day of bouldering in Zillertal with terrible conditions :( this Place is awesome

2nd. Sharp

2nd. Hard!

Ouff

Feeling Good. Old defined boulder...

2nd go! Blew the flash!! Soo stupid. Continuous Crux on underclings with smeary footholds.

Flowing traverse on 2&3 finger pockets!! Did the end to warm up then 1st try from the start! Pumpy ;) Was told this is graded 8a... haha

Another quality problem!! Had to dig deep to finish it!! Amazing day :D

The sickest body tension testpiece!!!! Horizontal roof with a crazy gaston to undercling switch. Finally some decent conditions...

nice one. fairly easy

end of the trip... Sooo tired :D one of the only dry blocks

Nice dyno. Climbs better than it looks

fuckin' hard ;-)

Cool boulder which climbs surprisingly well once you figure out the best grip position ;) Incredible day out with R-DOG (rain + thunder + high humidity!!!)

Brilliant problem & nice line!!! Fell in love with this cave ;-) Still ok conditions considering the 30 degrees!!! 1st go 2nd day. My style of climbing. The sent felt almost effortless. Nice day with my buddy R-DOG

Sweet. Had quite the streak of bad luck on this one... Glad to have done this amazing classic. One of my favourites !!!!

Mega Run!!! So happy to have climbed this iconic line. Love the slopy holds and the proximity to the river. The coolest place in Magic Wood. Had some pain in my right biceps during the 2nd session and had to stop. Today it went down 4th try in the rain ;). Another dream comes true...

Weird slab dyno...Hard to grade this one... Maybe 7c for smaller guys. Original Start with small crimp for the left & sloper for the right. Not matching on the sloper & without the high foot right.

Ahhhh greased off at the end due to the f***ing heat! Did it easily 2nd shot

Nice little river boulder. Slightly reminded me of Aerodyamite. Found some really good beta. Certainly friction dependant!!! Low Start

Very cool problem first done by my australian buddy Mattias!!! Probs for seeing the line!! Climbs surprisingly well & is way better than the original la dance. From the big slopers, traverse left on some other slopers and a crimp to the jugs and top out. Did it just a couple of minutes after him... Turned out to be a cool day :D

YEEEES!!! Really wanted to flash this one. Just an amazing problem on cool crimps. Thanks to Mattias for the beta !!!!

This line blows my freakin' mind!! I am speechless. After the massive rain from last night I was hiking through the woods trying to find some dry boulders. Foxy Lady was literally the only one!!! I warmed up and did the topout to assure me that the holds were dry. I came down, chalked up, flashed the crimpy & shouldery 8a sequence and the next thing I know is that I am standing on top of the boulder!!! Took me a total of 5 mins... :D First 8a in a Day and practically flashed it. Can it get any better ???

Dyno left of Intermezzo. Really cool. Nice ending of the Best day EVER !!!!!!

RAPE!!! This problem is way too popular. Stunning line for me. A must do!!!

Oh my fucking god!!!! 1st go 2nd day!!! 2 8a's in a day!!!! WTF am I dreaming ??? :D Everything just went perfect. Best day of my life. Flashed the left hand part!!!!! Psyched

2nd. stupid

Simply amazing

Beautiful. 2nd go from the start. As a warm-up

Amazing. Did all the moves static. Really wanted to flash it. My climb...

weird... Crazy jump beta.

Hard jump. 7b in the topo. Is definately harder than dinos don't dyno!!! Could be 7b+ or hard 7b

straight up close to bruno block

2nd...

Nice move. not so bad 3rd

Just sick. It is not hard to do just hard to figure out...

paradise

punted on the flash. 2nd. This thing is amazing!!!

Found some nice beta. BEAT the system!!! ;-)

2nd. Higher than the others.. Still not the best conditions

Oh man I gotta improve my toehook skills ;) Cool dyno to the lip

Not the best looking problem but really good moves. A hold broke and now you have to pull on a nice mono!! Once you find the right body positions it climbs well.

Basically adds 3 hard moves to Pharao. Good extension. Wow, what a DAY!!!!!!

7a+ wtf ?? :D

2nd

2nd. 7a+ after hold broke. Shitty conditions... :(

Sit down! Incredible problem. The crux is a dynamic move to a slot in the roof where you have to keep your feet on. Really love it... My climbing! Last day in the FJ bouldering in 30°C weather :)

Steep climbing on pockets = SWEET

fairly easy...

Another high quality problem in the Frankenjura. Majestic prow!!!! Stumbled upon it while looking for another boulder ;-) Falling in love with the bouldering here..

WOW!!! This is a world-class limestone problem!!! The block looks just like a huge ball. Superb line with amazing moves. Really happy to have done it. Kinda contrived start :(

Cool traverse with a little boulder at the end. Felt weak that day and messed around... Not too hard

Sweet little traverse

Hard 7c/+!! Wow didn't expect to send this one... Had no beta at all and just started trying. Really cool experience to figure out a solution to this beast, and then finish it off with the last bits of power. Quite physical on limestone slopers and a two finger pocket. A real Franken classic!!!!! Perfect ending of my first day bouldering in the Frankenjura.

Nice one. Climbs way better than it looks!!! Situated right of Hulk

3rd go. Should have done it on my 2nd but missed a foothold and slipped... This problem looks so incredibly beautiful you just have to do it!!!! Awesome moves on good crimps. This might very well be the BEST 7c I have done so far!!! So aesthetic

2nd. Didn't find the right foothold for the dyno on the flash :-(( This boulder is way better than I expected it to be!!!! Sooo Good. Could be 7b+

Few goes, really fun

Quite happy to have done this one!! Love the moves and the sharp holds... It's all about the body position

2nd

(Paese-Blocco 20-1C)Soft 2nd go from the start. Holy shit this thing is sharp. During the rain, one of the only dry blocks...

2nd. WORST 7a EVER...

2nd go from the start. Good moves on sharp crimps. Due to lack of skin I had to send it fast ;-) Surprised that this one stayed dry.

Soft 3rd. go. Again too stupid to flash... One of the best locking blocks in Ticino. Simply amazing

Nice crimp wall!!! Glad to have flashed it!! Felt quite easy...Don't really know why it is 7c+ in the topo?

Burly!! Tried it once at the end of the day but fell at the last move. Today 1st go!!!

Amazing block with cool moves. Scared like shit on the topout. Quite warm today...

Nice line!! Tension on good crimps.

sit start down left... adds a little difficulty

Awesome! 3rd go, came so close to flashing. SCARY, you really need to commit!! Missed the pads falling on my second go...

should have flashed...

Soft 2.go in the rain! Oh my god blew the flash while topping out like a TRUE punter...INCREDIBLE...7c+ in topo! Nice and burly!!! not the best friction today...

2nd Ascent!!! Sick traverse on the best granite slopers imaginable!!! Soft 1.go from the start, 15mins. First ascent done by Heiko Queitsch,February 2nd.

Straight up left of dosage jump. sit start. soft

fairly easy...

Did it from an obvious start

Nice moves!! Really cool not to pull on a small crimp for a change. Checked it out couple of days ago. 3rd go from the start...

Soft 2nd go... Too stupid to flash :((

soft

soft

So good! Went down fast! Kinda my style!!

Oh my god!! A dream comes true!! Always wanted to climb this one! Just perfect... Feels like my style! Def. not 8a+ !

close on the sit...

Last time it felt kinda hard!! Today it seemed rather easy...:-) Nice power moves. From the real start left I'd say that 7c is appropriate!! Don't approve of the downgrading...

Awesome roof climbing! All about the beta! Oh yeah bitches

Just right of Aurora boreale

soft

Best 7c in the forest.. sooo good! messed around on this one