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Buoux [bju̟ːks] is a
commune in the
Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
region in
southeastern France.
Located on the
north side of...
- In 1983 he made the
first ascent of Ça
Glisse Au Pays des
Merveilles at
Buoux, one of the
first 8a (5.13b) in France. He won some of the
first climbing...
- Rêve de
Papillon –
Buoux (FRA) – 1987 – Second-ever
female ascent of an 8a route, by
Christine Gambert [fr]. Rêve de
Papillon –
Buoux (FRA) – 1987 – Third-ever...
- disasters,
first the
Maginot Line, at Volx, and
secondly Agincourt, at
Buoux. On 8 June 2015, Moon
redpointed the
Steve McClure route Rainshadow, 9a (5...
- 1980s,
French pioneers like
Patrick Edlinger wanted to
climb rock
faces in
Buoux and
Verdon that had few
cracks in
which to
insert traditional climbing protection...
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chipped out a
series of tiny
pockets on a
limestone sport climbing route in
Buoux to
create La Rose et le Vampire, only the fourth-ever
route at the grade...
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pinnacle of Destivelle's
sport climbing career when she
redpointed Choucas in
Buoux, the first-ever
female ascent of an 8a+ (5.13c)
graded route. She had already...
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soloist of the 1980s, with
iconic big wall free
solos in the
Verdon Gorge and
Buoux, as
featured in the 1982
climbing film, La Vie au bout des doigts. Antoine...
- rock. It was
introduced by
Antoine Le Menestrel [fr] to
climb a
route in
Buoux called La rose et le
vampire 8b (5.13d) in 1985.
route See
climbing route...
- Bastide-des-Jourdans La
Bastidonne Beaumettes Beaumont-de-Pertuis
Bonnieux Buoux Cabrières-d'Aigues
Cadenet Caseneuve Cavaillon,
small town at the western...
