Sébastien Bouin blasts up Biographie at Céüse

It was predictable that sooner or later Sébastien Bouin would lay his hands on Biographie, the world’s most famous 9a+ freed at Céüse in France by Chris Sharma almost two decades ago. 29-year-old Bouin is one of the strongest French climbers and monumental Biographie certainly couldn’t be missing from his impressive list of ascents, also because with his Vintage Rock Tour he is currently repeating some of his country’s most representative sports climbs of the ‘80s and ‘90s.

After visiting Buoux and the Verdon, Seb travelled to Céüse where after several trips he sent the 60+ move test of technique and endurance envisaged by Jean-Christophe Lafaille in the early 1990s.

TOPO: the crag Céüse

BIOGRAPHIE -THE ROUTE'S HISTORY
bolted by Jean-Christophe Lafaille, climbed to half-height by Arnaud Petit in 1996. The extension was freed by Chris Sharma in 2001 and called Realization.
Chris Sharma, USA, 2001
Sylvain Millet, France, 2004
Patxi Usobiaga, Spain, 2004
Dave Graham, USA, 2007
Ethan Pringle, USA, 2007
Ramón Julián Puigblanque, Spain, 2008
Enzo Oddo, France, 2010
Jonathan Siegrist, USA, 2014
Alexander Megos, Germany, 2014
Adam Ondra, Czech Republic, 2014
Sachi Amma, Japan, 2014
Stefano Ghisolfi, Italy, 2015
Jon Cardwell, USA, 2016
Sean Bailey, USA, 2016
Margo Hayes, USA, 2017
Piotr Schab, POL, 2018 
Stefano Carnati, ITA, 2018
Jorge Díaz-Rullo, ESP, 2019
Sébastien Bouin, FRA, 2020

Link: FB Sébastien Bouin