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Pietro Vidi has made the fourth ascent of Shawn Raboutou's 8C+ boulder Fuck the System, in Fionnay, Val de Bagnes, Switzerland.

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Curiously the UKC matrix won't let me refer to the route name in the comments without censoring. Double standards, I say.

Indeed. The system is f***ed.

Swearing is useful in certain limited contexts to add emphasis. In others it is just tedious and unnecessary.

Does the importance of the fourth ascent of some boulder problem really warrant the word f* ck?

My own question is: which particular system is Shawn Raboutou (a pro climber, apparently sponsored by various commercial companies) asking to be f-ucked?

He's American, so it's probably the UK Trad grading system as it might be a bit difficult for him to understand. 

Indeed. I recently came across the claim that casual profanity is a sign of low f***king intelligence.

You must have friends in high places to be allowed a single asterisk.

I think he added a cunning space between the * and the ck.

B'jesus, now we're getting into a discussion about f**king star etiquette!

That space is really quite cu**ing 😁

Maybe the System Board?

This thread seems well and truly f***ed.