Sébastien Bouin vs the class climbing at Cimaï in France

Sébastien Bouin continues his Vintage Rock Tour to discover the climbs and crags that have helped shape the history of sport climbing and obviously the 28-year-old had to stop off at Cimaï in Southern France. Throughout the ’80’s and ’90’s these slightly overhanging sheets of bullet-proof limestone were developed by legends Denis Garnier, Jacques Perrier, Robert Exertier and Fred Tuscan, and it is here that ground-breaking ascents were made such as the world’s first 8a onsight at the hands of Antoine Le Menestrel on Samizdat in 1987, and the first female 8b+ redpoint, achieved by Lynn Hill three years later on Masse Critique.