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NEWS: Séb Bouin Flashes his Hardest Route Yet: Baise moi 8c+

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 UKC News 11 Aug 2023

Seb Bouin has flashed his hardest route yet with a 'flash first-ascent' of Baise moi 8c+/9a, an unclimbed project at Saint Auban in the Verdon Gorge. The project was given a suggested grade of 8c+/9a by those who had tried it previously and was named 'Baise moi' by the locals who bolted the route.

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In reply to UKC News:

Considering there was a period of changing potentially offensive route names on UKC, it's a little incongruous to have this as a news item.  I know it's probably named after the film, but still...

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In reply to bentley's biceps:

We only change route names when they’re racist or sexist etc. Not just for bad language.

 Darkinbad 14 Aug 2023
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Fu*k me, that's impressive.

In reply to Nick Brown - UKC:

Fair enough, but the translation of "rape me" is fairly well accepted.

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 jon 14 Aug 2023
In reply to bentley's biceps:

Oh no it's not...

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 GrahamD 14 Aug 2023
In reply to UKC News:

Impressive !  I'm always interested in his climbing approach.

In reply to bentley's biceps:

In the specific context of the rape revenge novel/film title, that's how it was translated....but not in the general colloquial use of the term. It doesn't really make sense, otherwise. I also doubt that the route is named after the novel/film.

Post edited at 11:39

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