Keyword: Frenchman

Seb Bouin has scored the 9a+ route X Integral in the Ravoire climbing area. Interesting side note: The strong Frenchman scored the line on his rest days,...

12 days after Nanga Parbat speed record: Vadim Druelle with fast solo ascents of Gasherbrum II and I.

One-Push: French mountaineer Benjamin Védrines climbs K2 in a new record time of just under 11 hours.

The young Frenchman Vadim Druelle climbs Nanga Parbat in 15 hours 15 minutes, beating the previous Fastest Known Time by 5 hours.

He's young, he's strong and he climbs whatever stands in his way: French whiz kid Tanguy Merard.

The French professional climber Seb Bouin secures the third ascent of the Move Hard route in Flatanger after Stefano Ghisolfi. Adam Ondra had opened the 9b line in 2017 while working on Silence.

The Frenchwoman Julia Chanourdie has risen to the illustrious group of 4b conquerors with the inspection of Eagle-9 in Saint Léger. Only two women had cracked this level before her. But now comes compatriot Pierre Le Cerf and proposes a devaluation to 4a+ after climbing to Eagle-9.

Simon Lorenzi and Camille Coudert are in top form. The Frenchman Coudert pulls the Fontainebleau test piece Soudain Seul (8c +), which was first climbed by Lorenzi. The Belgian Simon Lorenzi, on the other hand, succeeds in the 8c + Boulder La Révolutionnaire of the barefoot climber Charles Albert.