Sébastien Bouin vs Agincourt, La rose et le vampire and Buoux's best
The video of French climber Sébastien Bouin climbing at Buoux and repeating some of the most famous sport climbs in the world such as La rose et le vampire established by Antoine Le Menestrel and Agincourt, the first 8c in France freed by Ben Moon in 1989.
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Sébastien Bouin climbing at Buoux, sector Le Bout du Monde, on the historic Chouca freed in 1984 by Antoine Le Menestrel
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In 2018 at Buoux in France Sébastien Bouin successfully repeated Agincourt, France's first 8c put up in 1989 by Ben Moon. The video documenting this rare repeat, carried out during his Vintage Rock Tour, is now online and includes Seb's struggles on a series of other 1980's testpieces such as Antoine Le Menestrel's La rose et le vampire. Bouin is joined by both of them, Ben Moon and Antoine Le Menestrel, climbing together for the first time in 30 years.
TOPO: the crag Buoux, France
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