3 April 2023
Lucien Martinez repeats, Playboy Rode sans Complexe 9a (+)
Lucien Martinez has made the first repeat of Seb Bouin's Le playboy rรดde sans complexe (9a+) in Lourmarin. Fanatic has made an interview with Lucien, where he among other things say.
โTwo reasons motivated me to try: first, itโs a king line. The route is 55 meters long, and the higher you climb, the more itโs overhanging, which gives an incredible wall, and the moves are crazy, with a big dyno in the middle. The second reason is to repeat Sebโs route. The problem with Sebโs routes is, in addition to the difficulty, they are long, overhanging, demanding,โฆwhich means that to repeat them you need like a kind of special devotion.โ
โTwo reasons motivated me to try: first, itโs a king line. The route is 55 meters long, and the higher you climb, the more itโs overhanging, which gives an incredible wall, and the moves are crazy, with a big dyno in the middle. The second reason is to repeat Sebโs route. The problem with Sebโs routes is, in addition to the difficulty, they are long, overhanging, demanding,โฆwhich means that to repeat them you need like a kind of special devotion.โ
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