Seb Takes On The Unrepeatable 9a's | Seb Bouin's Vintage Rock Tour Ep.4

the middlle crux of that chipped roof route was insane

Sick

Et en plus, la musique est très bonne les gars. Merci!

Still the best climbing video ever made

I dont understand how anybody can live with connecting eyebrowes...

I love the final scene… no sponsored VW T6 - mini car packed to the roof… same goes for Sebs old bike on some videos…

wow

Not sure what to think about the chipping in the last example ;D but damn these are easily some of the most interesting high-level routes I have seen in a while!

That was some of the craziest roof climbing I've ever seen.

What is the song at the De L Ature Cote....route?

Seb t'es une machine de guerre ! Bravo pour ces répétitions historiques !

Finally someone who has an unbiased opinion about these routes, and just having a go at them for curiosity´s sake.
I always felt Fred´s creations deserved wayyy more recognition than they did back in the day.
Maybe they will, now. Well done, Seb.
Did you contact Fred, at all, by any chance? Would have been even better to have witnessed a dialogue between you two.

Such sick routes..it would be interesting to see Fred interviewed.

Arretez d'enlever les moves de clip... c'est ridicule

Awesome brilliant video!! Tnx

trop bien la dernier falaise

Très bonne vidéo et merci à Seb pour ce tour historique =)

why did you leave out all the controversy surrounding these routes and why doesn't Fred himself appear in the video? Feels like a mixture of a missed opportunity to touch on some of the more nonsensical 'rules' and hardliners within the sport who basically bullied Fred out of a career back then (feel free to Google), and also a 'wall of positive' noise trying to plaster over the actual history with a nicer, smoother narrative. I don't think that does justice to the routes and to Fred's story. Or was this all discussed in an earlier episode that I've missed maybe?

Bon, je vais juste reprendre les mot de la dame: "Très très bien ce que vous faites, c'est Bien!"
Merci.

decir que es impresionante es decir poco. pero el grado es un factor determinante en la escalada, unos lo tienen y otros no.

I love what Seb is doing! But please don't cut away so much (speeding up long shake offs is ok), it just ruins any climbing video. Quite often clipping is the most interesting part.

You know he could have made all the false claims in the world but by chipping the rock he committed the gravest sin of all.

Concernant le côté « vintage » de la démarche : Ca fait quelques décennies que je ne suis plus dans le circuit mais je constate tout de même un gros changement depuis les années 80: à l’époque on ne mousquetonnait pas les clous avant de passer mais on se trimbalait toutes les dégaines sur le baudard… Je veux bien que le niveau des grimpeurs a évolué en 30-40 ans mais je serais curieux de voir quelqu’un se balader au-delà de 8B/8C avec un trentaine de mousquetons. D’ailleurs, une des premières voie que j’ai vu mousquetonnée à l’avance, c’était Azincourt (pour la rose et le vampire, j’ai un doute).

Wow !!!

Bravo ! au top :) Ca fait plaisir de voir répéter ces voies historiques

Small correction, Akira is not on the same climbing site in the Eaux-Claires valley, which has many climbing routes. But on a world scale, it's relatively close (21 km / 13 miles).
Petite correction, Akira n'est pas sur le même site d'Escalade (de la vallée) des Eaux-Claires, qui comporte de nombreuses voies d'escalade. Mais à l'echelle du monde, c'est relativement proche (21 km / 13 miles).

Great vid, but, sorry, the chipping of the holds by Rouhling on that last big roof is BS. Not EVERY piece of rock needs to be climbed.

Merci pour ce nouvel épisode autour des voies mythiques de l'histoire de l'escalade en France.
J'habite en haute-savoie et pas loin d'une voie libérée par Rouhling "Mandallaz Drive" en 9A à Allonzier la Caille pour ceux qui habitent dans le coin. Si jamais Seb passe dans le coin ?

so many cool holds! great footage and music choice aslwell! cheers from Brasil

Pour bien saisir l'esprit castoche de l'époque de cette trilogie, on peut lire le billet 'histoire de taille' de mars 2011 sur le blog 'Vertical Concept' d'Axel Franco. En plus c'est drôle (contrairement aux commentaires qui n'autorisent pas les liens)

Akira not harder than 7a boulder? How do I find that hard to believe..

Super vidéo ! Je n'ai pas compris si Akira a finalement été confirmée en tant que 9b ?

Merci de nous offrir ça c'est juste un régale de voir du super contenu comme ça

Seb is such an awesome guy

was Fred not willing to comment? it would be amazing to hear also some memories from him

The stingy garlic intraperitonally suit because thomas postauricularly handle to a internal game. careful, unused plaster

Je suis toujours agréablement étonné de voir l'approche historique que Seb Bouin a. Continue comme ça tu nous régales!

someone please explain how the mid-route tie in worked? A pre loaded locker!?

The classic Renault Clio scene in the end...!! :)

Super inspirant, merci Seb !

Seb's words, "By chipping the holds he made some insane boulders." To chip a route is completely bad style. Who cares what grade it is? Look further afield and leave those un-chipped crags for someone who might be able to climb them one day, without chipping them, and if they are unclimbable, so what. Saying that things are bolted anyway and you can see the bolts is nonsense and a false equivalence. Bolts are for protection, utterly different to hacking hand and foot holds in the rock. No respect here.

Great production, editing and of course there is the super cool factor of seeing Seb climbing just oozing style on these futuristic routes :)

First, as an european, let me tell you that I love this series. Chipping holds has to be a really bad practice. Even in the 80's they should have known that chipping holds would have a long last impact on the rock and environment. I mean, millions of years! In the 21st century that practice should be seen as totally unacceptable.

Is that the last episode of the vintage rock tour? Hope not! Great series

Vidéo très sympa ! Et super complément au dossier du Grimper de ce mois-ci !

7A? Lol

Absolutely brilliant video, and a fantastic tribute to Rouhling. Respect and thanks!