Seb Bouins adds Ariégeois Cœur Loyal (F9b) at Pic Saint Loup

• Thursday 13th April 2023

Seb Bouin has added yet another hard route to his CV with Ariégeois Cœur Loyal (F9b) at Pic Saint Loup.

Ariégeois Cœur Loyal – or ACL for short - has been a long-standing project for Seb.

“I am happy to send this mega line in my home crag Pic Saint Loup. After falling once in this last hard move, I could finally control it in the send last Friday. The move is not hard, but somehow it was hard to stick the left hand in the send.”

The route however is particular meaningful for Seb as he explains.

“I bolted this route 5 years ago when my grandpa passed away. His wood worker name was Ariégeois Cœur Loyal (Loyal ariégeois heart). It was a great opportunity to keep him close to me all these years.”

Seb was very close to finishing the route last autumn. “I was close to send it last Autumn, falling on the penultimate move, just before my Jumbo Love trip. This spring was a great opportunity to finish the job.”

Seb describes the route saying, “This route is a huge effort, combining two hard 20 meters sections.”
And finally, Seb suggested the grade is F9b. “About the grade, 9b (5.15b) should be appropriate.”