La Rose et le Vampire | 8b Sport route at Buoux

First ascent.

This wonderful line is a vampire. Her holds cut through my fingers, they skin them raw and I lose my fingerprints, my identity! Her holds, I grab them like a stem covered in thorns in order to climb up to the calyx of the flower, my sweat waters it. This line has taken me over and it’s all I can think of, all I want is her. I have been vampirised. This line is thirsty for my blood to feed her own beauty, I live solely for her.

This cross-through opens my face to the world. Thanks to it, I offer you a rose. With you who are watching me, I create an emotional team, I become an artist. [1]

References

[1] https://fanatic-climbing.com/il-etait-une-voie-once-upon-a-line-la-rose-et-le-vampire/

[2] https://www.facebook.com/climbing.in.the.80s/photos/a.270388289694020/1661583483907820

Third ascent.

References

[1] https://open.spotify.com/episode/4H9lcr8Fp4lR6lMMmJa8Yt?

References

[1] The Power of Climbing (1991) by David Jones, page 192

References

[1] The Power of Climbing (1991) by David Jones, page 192

References

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4I2H9tQKpI

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/C1xgaw2t8YQ/

[2] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2024/01/lucy_mitchell_on_her_ascent_of_la_rose_et_le_vampire_8b-73580

References

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ9f0rfBcgg

References

[1] https://www.facebook.com/climbing.in.the.80s/photos/a.270388289694020/874337119299131

In an afternoon

References

[1] On the Edge issue 132, page 12