Ça chauffe 9a by Mathieu Bouyoud

Mathieu Bouyoud has done his 24th 9a, Ça chauffe in Seynes. "I have tried this route during 5 weekends. It s a very technical routes in Seynes. One boulder at the beginning with small crimps, one good rest and finish with resistance 8b."

the Frenchman is in the Top-20 list of climbers who have done the most 9a's and harder in the world. The somewhat under-the-radar 31-year-old has an even more impressive onsight ticklist with 81 onsights 8b to 8c.

How much do you work and how has it been possible to keep pushing hard for more than ten years?
I work 40 hours by week and this year with the covid I don't climb during the week. I climb only at the weekends. My job is to manage construction for the climbing gyms in France. I make the design and the drawing with the right dimensions of the building. I don't make training. My only training is to climb different style all the year and with the experience now is possible to make hard routes. And with a lot of motivation all is possible.