Yves Gravelle Climbs New Quebec V14s
Yves Gravelle climbed two new V14s at Kanata-tremblant in Quebec. He made the first ascent of Thessalhydra V14, one of the hardest routes in Eastern Canada, in early September. “Finishing off this project was a dream come true and felt unbelievable,” Gravelle said. “I feel so motivated to climb, explore and open more gems like this one. I called this problem Thessalhydra and proposed V14 for the grade.” He then made the first ascent of Miall’s Ahead, the sit start to Green Dolphin Street and said, “I named this line after Jody Miall, my early mentor, friend and definitely one of the climbers that made the biggest impact in my climbing career. He said it’s one of the best lines he’s ever put up. “Fingery, powerful, technical with lots of very low percentage moves.” It adds a hard V12 to the stand of Green Dolphin Street, which is around V11/12. “So, V14 seems pretty accurate,” he said. “It felt a bit harder that Thessalhydra and Echale for me.”