Seb Bouin has just made the first ascent of DNA, in France's Verdon Gorge, for which he proposes a grade of 9c (5.15d). Found high above the valley floor, in the ever-impressive La Ramirole cave, DNA ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The line links a long 5.14b called Nordic Plummer (first ascended in 2012 by Ethan Pringle) directly into the second pitch of Thor ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Of the process, he told Climbing: "I think I had too much motivation for this route... I wanted to do it too much. ... I was not ...

Bouin climbed Jumbo Love on his tenth day of effort. His larger goal is to climb a direct start, which involves replacing the 5.13a/b intro pitch with a 5.14c. "This route is really stunning!" he ...

Le grimpeur Héraultais Seb Bouin a réalisé début avril l'enchaînement d'Ariégeois Coeur Loyal, une voie cotée 9b, qui compte donc parmi les plus difficiles au monde, au Pic Saint-Loup. Une performance ...

Il fait partie d’une espèce qui doit beaucoup tomber avant de se hisser là où le regard s’est posé. Pour Sébastien Bouin, 2024 restera l’année du dépucelage dans cette forme d’escalade sans corde, où ...

Episode Three of Seb Bouin's Hidden Gems YouTube series finds Bouin exploring La Mortice, a stunningly beautiful blue-and-white limestone crag high in the French Alps. A relatively new crag, La ...

Seb Bouin est en train d'écrire l'histoire de l'escalade. L'Héraultais a annoncé ce jeudi 5 mai avoir clippé le relais de "DNA", son énorme projet au Verdon, et après mûre réflexion, propose la ...

On 24/07/2023 French climber Sébastien Bouin repeated Move Hard, the 9b at Flatanger in Norway established by Adam Ondra in 2017 and repeated previously only by Stefano Ghisolfi. The line starts from ...

Sébastien Bouin has made the first ascent of 'Baise moi' at the crag Saint Auban in the Verdon Gorge, France. The Frenchman climbed the route flash style and has suggested the grade 8c+. On Wednesday ...