Fred Nicole is a Swiss rock climber, notable for his numerous cutting edge first ascents. Nicole was the first climber to propose the bouldering grades F8B, F8B+ and F8C. Notable first ascents: Climbers on Valkyrie at the Roaches. ... In climbing, a first ascent (FA) is the first climb to reach the top of a mountain, or the first to follow a particular climbing route. ... In the sport of bouldering, problems are assigned technical grades according to several established systems, which are distinct from those used in regular climbing. ...
Terremer, V15/16?, Hueco Tanks State Park, Texas, USA - link-up of Diaphanous Sea and Terre de Siene
El Techo de los Tres B, 8B+/V14, Hueco Tanks State Park, Texas, USA
Entlinge, V16?, Switzerland
Amandla, South Africa
Bain de Sang, f9a in Saint Loup, Switzerland (route, FA on 1993-09-01). It is the world's second 9a, after Action Directe (by Wolfgang Gullich). Some have surmised that Bain de Sang is more likely 8c+. E.g., Iker Pou, who has repeated both routes, stated that Bain de Sang is a grade easier than the benchmark 9a Action Directe. Also, see Dave Graham.
Elfe, 8c+ in Grimsel, Switzerland (route, FA on 1997-03-01) .
Fred: I did a few routes but it is even longer ago than when I last went sport climbing… that was maybe 10 or 15 years ago.
Fred: For me a nice day… it can be anything, good people, a nice place, it can be climbing… sometimes I have some really bad days climbing and sometimes really good days, it can be anything, a mixture of different factors.
Fred: Many bad days, in fact I think interestingly there are more bad days than good days, so when you have a good day it's "yeah!!" excellent.
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