Black Diamond Global Athlete

SEB BOUIN

In short, Seb is arguably the one of the best performing rock climber. Born in the town of Draguignanin South-East France, Sébastien Bouin began climbing with his mother when he was 12 years old. A decade later, by the age of 22, Seb had already managed to reach the pinnacle of the sport with his ascent of Spain’s ‘Chilam Balam’ (9b). The ascent catapulted Seb to global recognition in the climbing scene.  Since then, Seb has been on a remarkable journey to explore climbing’s rich culture - repeating some of the most beautiful lines in the world, irrespective of their difficulty and telling stories about climbing’s unique history and vibrant community along the way.

In 2022, Seb established his hardest route to date, DNA’ in the Verdon Gorge, France, for which he proposed the grade 9C –making it potentially the hardest rock climb in the world.  6 months later, Seb travelled to Clark Mountain, California, where he successfully established the most difficult route in the Americas, with ‘Supreme Jumbo Love’ 9b+. During 2023, Seb completed and climbed the longest sport route the world, ‘Nordic Marathon’ 9b/+ in Norway, and the hardest climb in Ceuse, France, ‘Bibliographie’ 9b+. Seb managed to send his second hardest route in 2024 with "Wolf Kingdom" 9b+ (c?).  Over the last two years Seb has been developing and establishing the hardest routes around the world.

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