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On 11 February 2026 Erwan Legrand made the long-awaited first ascent of 'Le Bombé Bleu' at Buoux, France — one of the longest-standing sport climbing projects in the world. First bolted by Marc Le Menestrel in 1991, the legendary line had been attempted by many of the world's very best...

Erwan Legrand, the 17-year-old son of climbing champion François Legrand, is putting in some excellent attempts on 'Bombé Bleu', the route bolted by Marc Le Menestrel in 1991 and still unrepeated.

French climber Jules Marchaland has made a second-go repeat of 'Beyond' (9a+) at Pic Saint Loup in France.

On his first visit to Buoux in France Alexander Megos repeated a slew of classic testpieces. His standout ascent is a flash of ‘Agincourt’, the historic 8c established by Ben Moon in 1989.

The video of French climber Jules Marchaland making a rare repeat of 'Three Degrees of Separation', the iconic 9a+ freed by Chris Sharma in 2007.

Belgium's Sébastien Berthe has climbed his third 9a+, Beyond at Pic Saint Loup in France.

The video of French climbers Nicolas Pelorson and lucien martinez illustrating all the moves of Bombé Bleu, the legendary project at Buoux in France. Bolted in 1991 by Marc Le Menestrel and also referred to as Chantier, this route has never been climbed before.

The video of Sébastien Bouin climbing Akira, the famous route freed by Fred Rouhling at Eaux Claires in France in 1995.

Akira, the famous sport climb established by Fred Rouhling in 1995, has finally been repeated for the first time by Sébastien Bouin and lucien martinez. According to the two young Frenchmen the route is a difficult 9a, and not 9b as suggested by Rouhling 25 years ago.

French sports climber lucien martinez has made the third ascent of Three Degrees of Separation at Céüse, after Chris Sharma in 2007 and Adam Ondra in 2015.