Clarisse Bompard climbing a 7a+ at La Mortice in France
Thibaut Marot
Seb Bouin's Hidden Gems featuring La Mortice in France
The third episode of Sébastien Bouin's new Hidden Gems series explores the crag La Mortice in France.
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Clarisse Bompard climbing a 7a+ at La Mortice in France
Thibaut Marot
The new series Hidden Gems by Sébastien Bouin continues on its discovery of some of France's unknown pearls. In this third episode the 29-year-old explores La Mortice, an amazing sheet of limestone located above the Ubaye Valley at 2500 meters, bolted by Laurent Perez. For the Frenchman this pratically unknown cliff represents for "the discovery of the year. One of the most stunning places I have ever seen."
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