Seb Bouin

Le Dard ✅ (9a)

Taking advantage of the north wind and the conditions it brings,
I dis the second ascent (?) of « le dard », after the FA by Cédric Lachat.

This route is located in Saint-Anges, near Grenoble.

It starts with a 6c+, followed by some powerful moves that really build up fatigue, leading into a traverse to reach “le dard”.
There’s a final bouldery section just below the anchor, around 7b (definitely not to be underestimated 😅).

A beautiful line that’s well worth the detour ✨

Asian Project
A (King) line and a challenge for the continent

Climbing the hardest route in Asia sounded like a great idea on paper. But a project this hard, this far away… it’s clearly a mental challenge that goes far beyond what we experience with projects closer to home, no matter how difficult they may be. This goes beyond a simple sporting objective

Does an adventure like this make sense in my life? In this world (especially now..)?
Am I getting into this for the right reasons?
Is this the right moment?
Am I ready? Physically? Mentally?
And what if it doesn’t work?

In the next posts, I’ll change the format a bit and share the doubts I go through when thinking about this project, as well as the questions I need to clarify before deciding whether or not to embark on an adventure like this.

For this first post, I want to try to answer a simple question: does a project—no matter how beautiful—this difficult and this far away really make sense in my life? Is it worth traveling all that distance for a single line? After all, wouldn’t it be simpler and more reasonable, in many ways, to find an objective in France?
I think this line is both a goal and a way to reach other purposes in my life. The adventure that comes with this project, and the imagination sparked by the objective itself, inspires something powerful. It’s the entire journey that will make me grow and dream, that will trigger transformations and push me toward a better version of myself—more focused, more attentive, more determined, more organized, more confident, more joyful..

Now I have a direction to walk toward. I have a tangible objective that, even if it brings doubts and difficulties, will also give me hope and the drive to push beyond myself.
So yes, I believe this goal has meaning in my life—not only because of the performance it represents, but also because of the imagination it embodies. That imagination may become a powerful source of change and growth.
I don’t know if I will succeed in this challenge. Whatever happens, I’ll try to do it the way it deserves. And if I fail in terms of performance, I hope that I will at least have navigated the path of the adventure in a beautiful way

Insouciance

This last move is the apotheosis of the project.
When you’re fresh, it doesn’t feel that hard — but if you add a few moves before it, it feels absolutely stratospheric 🚀

Your body swings away from the wall so fast.

Finishing a route like this with a move like that is the cherry on top 🍰

Let’s keep pushing the process.

📸 (aka don pablo Escobar)