Might we see you trying Action Directe at some point?

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No one remembers who won the freakin' World Cup in 1997, but people know who put up Action Directe.

Visit Website Action Directe is a power problem with tiny holds, including a crux dyno off a mono, on very overhanging limestone.

Action Directe has a long history of concerted training regimens-afterall, Güllich invented the campus board specifically to train for his first ascent.

The 30-year-old Frenchwoman has made the first female ascent of the famous Action Directe which was one of the first of the grade.

In the Frankenjura, I got on Action Directe again, got on Wall Street again, and then just a few of the other bigger ones.

Here, Gabriele Moroni talks about his send of Action Directe in April 2010 and recounts Güllich's history with the route and free climbing in general.

I'm not really good on mono pockets so a climb like Action Directe (5.14d) would be impossible for me.

The area is also home to Action Directe, first ascended by Wolfgang Güllich in 1991 and recognized as the world's first 9a.

Goldrake was Carnati's first 5.15a and the speed at which he climbed it is a testament to the difficulty of Action Directe.