Bibliographie | 9b+ Sport route at Céüse

Initially proposed at 9c it later settled at 9b+ after a relatively quick repeat.

First bolted by Ethan Pringle who quickly abandoned it as too hard for him. It took Alex a lot of effort over multiple years to finally make the first ascent.


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Alex Megos
Added at 18:12 on 18 December 2020
Alex Megos
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Added at 12:02 on 10 February 2021
Alex Megos
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Added at 08:09 on 04 September 2021
Stefano Ghisolfi
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Added at 21:08 on 24 August 2021
Stefano Ghisolfi
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Added at 12:08 on 26 August 2021
Sean Bailey
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Added at 19:09 on 30 September 2021
Sébastien Bouin
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Added at 18:06 on 07 June 2023

Ascents

4 recorded ascents.

Climber Style FA Ascent Date Suggested Grade
Alex Megos Lead (Worked) 5th Aug 2020 9b+
60 sessions.

Alex initially suggested 9c but after a (relatively) quick repeat from Stefano Ghisolfi (who found some new beta and suggested a downgrade to 9b+) Alex adjusted his suggestion down to 9b+.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CDjw8CqK3KJ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COuxNFuAS1Q

Stefano Ghisolfi Lead (Worked) 24th Aug 2021 9b+

~25 days of work. Stefano suggested 9b+ after he found new beta for the first and second cruxes.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CS9qgxXs1WK/

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTCR5t9siaC/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJnTmYiMBeI

Sean Bailey Lead (Worked) 25th Sep 2021 9b+

https://www.instagram.com/p/CUdFUn9J9t3/

Sébastien Bouin Lead (Worked) Between 3rd Jun 2023 and 4th Jun 2023 9b+

Bibliographie was a big goal for me this year. Since Alex [Megos] did the first ascent, I was psyched to try something really hard from someone else here in France. Even if Céüse is very far away from my own natural climbing style, I was really motivated to go through the process. A 9b+ in my ‘local’ area, already with 3 ascents by top climbers... it was obvious that I had to try it.

Bibliographie is not a route that particularly suits my strengths, so it was a great challenge to do a 9b+ on tiny crimps. But now it's time to go back to something a little more my style…😉

https://www.instagram.com/p/CtMYJySrClO/