A gem rarer than diamonds and a new contender for the hardest in Rocklands!

That’s how gifted boulderer, Nalle Hukkataival, described his latest hard first ascent, The Finnish Line (V16) …

Wondering what a problem that difficult even looks like? Are they actually even holds?

In this footage, you’ll get the full cut of his ascent on the now hardest boulder in South Africa’s beloved Rocklands. Spoiler: there are no non-superhuman “holds.”


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