12 April 2023

Ariégeois Cœur Loyal (9b) FA by Seb Bouin

Sebastien Bouin reports on Insta that he has done the FA of Ariégeois Cœur Loyal (9b) in his home crag Pic St Loup. "I am happy to send this mega line in my home crag Pic Saint Loup. After falling once in this last hard move, I could finally control it in the send last Friday. The move is not hard, but somehow it was hard to stick the left hand in the send. I bolted this route 5 years ago when my grandpa passed away. His wood worker name was Ariégeois Cœur Loyal (Loyal ariégeois heart). It was a great opportunity to keep him close to me all these years. I was close to send it last Autumn, falling on the penultimate move, just before my Jumbo Love trip. This spring was a great opportunity to finish the job. This route is a huge effort, combining two hard 20 meters sections. About the grade, 9b (5.15b) should be appropriate."

Ariégeois Cœur Loyal is a 20m extension to Legend (9a) which he made the FA of in 2017 after it had been a project for 20 years. In total, Seb has now done some dozen routes 9b to 9c, out of which seven FAs. (c) Sam Bie
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