Buoux [bju̟ːks] is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Located on the north side of...
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In 1983 he made the first ascent of Ça Glisse Au Pays des Merveilles at Buoux, one of the first 8a (5.13b) in France. He won some of the first climbing...
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Rêve de Papillon – Buoux (FRA) – 1987 – Second-ever female ascent of an 8a route, by Christine Gambert [fr]. Rêve de Papillon – Buoux (FRA) – 1987 – Third-ever...
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disasters, first the Maginot Line, at Volx, and secondly Agincourt, at Buoux. On 8 June 2015, Moon redpointed the Steve McClure route Rainshadow, 9a (5...
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1980s, French pioneers like Patrick Edlinger wanted to climb rock faces in Buoux and Verdon that had few cracks in which to insert traditional climbing protection...
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Bastide-des-Jourdans La Bastidonne Beaumettes Beaumont-de-Pertuis Bonnieux Buoux Cabrières-d'Aigues Cadenet Caseneuve Cavaillon, small town at the western...
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soloist of the 1980s, with iconic big wall free solos in the Verdon Gorge and Buoux, as featured in the 1982 climbing film, La Vie au bout des doigts. Antoine...
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pinnacle of Destivelle's sport climbing career when she redpointed Choucas in Buoux, the first female ascent of an 8a+ (5.13c) graded route. She had repeated...
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chipped out a series of tiny pockets on a limestone sport climbing route in Buoux to create La Rose et le Vampire, only the fourth-ever route at the grade...
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rock. It was introduced by Antoine Le Menestrel [fr] to climb a route in Buoux called La rose et le vampire 8b (5.13d) in 1985. route See climbing route...
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