Clement Lechaptois

Clément Lechaptois is featured in A Mellow Cresciano "New King Lines" (2021), a home-turf bouldering film set in Ticino’s well-known field of Cresciano. The Mellow crew—Giuliano Cameroni, Daisuke Ichimiya, Clément Lechaptois, Marine Thevenet and Diego Cameroni—spend their time working both a longstanding project and newer lines, and the film’s pace privileges development, process and intimate local knowledge over quick sends.

Lechaptois’s segments reflect that patient approach: the edit gives space to repeated attempts, problem reading and the small adjustments that turn attempts into climbs. Shot alongside friends in the same valley that also includes Val Bavona, the film is valuable for viewers who appreciate the nuance of working hard, tasting different beta and watching a group unearth new lines on familiar granite. It’s a portrait of bouldering that values craft and progression rather than pure highlight reels.