Climbing in Céüse

Céüse’s sweeping horseshoe of blue-and-gold limestone is the actor in every clip from this catalog: a steep, pocketed wall that rewards precise footwork, finger strength, and endurance. The sport-rock profile of the cliff is emphasized in the footage of long, sustained pitch climbs and projecting sequences, where sequences of small edges and pockets become choreography rather than isolated moves.

The films collected here examine Céüse from complementary angles. Rotpunkt: Bibliographie condenses Alex Megos’s long project into a portrait of projection—skin care, linking sequences and the arithmetic of a sustained push on world-class sport terrain. Margo Hayes Makes History follows Hayes’s Biographie campaign and foregrounds the mental routines and visualization she uses to climb a route that had halted many top climbers; the film places her send in the context of the high-end sport circuit. By contrast, Arnaud Petit Climbs Black Bean 8b with Natural Pro in Céüse strips away projection drama entirely and asks a stylistic question: what happens when an experienced climber treats a normally bolted line as a trad route, placing protection where others clip fixed hardware? Watching him adapt to Céüse’s features under trad rules reveals how much a wall’s character lives in the way it is climbed, not only in its grade.

Together these three pieces show Céüse as a versatile, exacting limestone arena—one that hosts the full spectrum from single-pitch, gymnastic sport fights to thoughtful, style-driven reinterpretations.