Jules Marchaland Ticks a Seb Bouin 5.14d
The send comes a few days after completing a 5.15a on his second go
On April 1, French climber Jules Marchaland repeated Guère de Bruit 5.14d in Claret, France. Opened by Seb Bouin in 2022, the route links Guerre d’usure 5.14b and Super Samson 5.14b with a crimpy boulder problem. After a solid flash go, Marchaland sent the route on his third attempt.
“Some days ago I sent this really cool line which is a connection from [Seb Bouin] of [two classic 5.14b’s] with a very good boulder problem,” Said Marchaland on Instagram after his send. “This route was the first step of the real project that promise to be savage. Can’t wait to fight hard and crush it, game is on.”
A few days before completing Guère de Bruit, Marchaland sent Beyond 5.15a in Pic Saint-Loup on his second go. The Seb Bouin route was his fifth of the grade. He sent three 5.15a routes in 2023 including First Ley in Margalef, Supercrackinette in Saint Leger, and Punt’X in Gorges du Loup. Late last spring he completed Three Degrees of Separation at Céüse.
