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SEB BOUIN

Born: April 7, 1993

Residence: France

Height : 180 cm

Profession : Professional Rock Climber

About: Seb Bouin is one of the most accomplished sport climbers in the world with many hard routes including quite a few in the 9a-9b range under his belt like Chilam Balam, Mamichula etc.

SEB BOUIN VIDEOS

Seb Bouin establishes the First Ascent of ""Beyond Integrale" 9b+/5.15c , one of the most difficult routes in France. It is a 50 meter line originally bolted by Fedric Ferraro

Seb Bouin establishes the First Ascent of "A quelque meters de la legality" 9a/ 5.14d , a 30 meter line.

After bagging the first ascent of Lily’s Eye 8c+ (5.14c), BD Athlete Seb Bouin and his mom enjoy the Turkish lifestyle, and, of course, Seb bolts a futuristic extension to a route, ensuring that one day soon he’ll be back …

Hugh is the First French 9a in the crag les Eaux Claires. Fred Rouhling did the first ascent in 1993. This route is a new step for our french history. It changed the standards from vertical and technical wall to big overhangs and dynamic jumps.

Seb Bouin heads to Le Saussois where the evolution of french free climbing took place, and to meet the protagonists who created the pages in its history books.

In search of new experiences, Seb Bouin, along with his mom and two dogs, got in the van and drove up the coast of France to reach Albania. There they found a plethora of undeveloped limestone ripe for the bolting, as well as an undone 9b king line bolted by none other than BD Athlete Adam Ondra.

Seb Bouin takes on the classic crag of Les Eaux Claires, On the west coast of France. Famous for its trio of Fred Rouhling 9a's, Akira, Hugh and De L' Autre Côté du Ciel.

La Rambla 5.15a

Margo Hayes

Seb Bouin takes on the classics at Ceuse including the Sharma route Biographie 9a+ and explores how the crag has become the iconic and mythic cliff of today.

The Verdon Gorge is Seb Bouin's favourite place to climb, its where he has climbed many of his hardest routes and some of the hardest routes in France. 4 years ago his journey began trying to climb what he would go on to climb La Rage D'Adam, the cruxy overhanging route which he has now made the first ascent of and given a grade of 9b/+ , making it one of the hardest sport climbs in France.

Seb Bouin's backyard of Verdon is home to some of the hardest rock climbing in France as well seeing a huge role in the development of sport climbing in France, Verdon is a place not only steeped in beauty but swathed in history as well.

Whilst on a trip to Spain,  Seb Bouin managed the second ascent of the Jorge Diaz Rullo route, Patanics 9b in Rodellar Spain. The route comprises a 60 m steep link up of three routes; Pata Negra 8c, the crux of No pain no gain 9a+ and the end of Botanics 8b+.

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