Christophe Laumone

I started climbing at the beginning of the 80s with the fervent ardor of wanting to progress and confront myself with all these cliff routes and all these blocks which, at that time, made me dream. There were still no established structures for training; you had to go climb and train on the rock to progress. This constraint made me love this singular relationship with the natural and mineral environment, and it is also one of the reasons that led me to share my knowledge and my experience over my rocky progressions. The chance of this progression meant that throughout the 90s, it led me to open and repeat blocks and cliff routes whose difficulties were those of the highest level of the time and gave me the opportunity to collaborate with different brands of climbing equipment. At the same time, I have always taught climbing, since my beginnings as a confirmed climber. My experience of almost 36 years as a climbing instructor has given me the opportunity to work with all audiences: Fro...