Céüse

Céüse is a limestone mountain in the Hautes-Alpes near Gap whose horseshoe-shaped cliff contains some of the hardest sport climbing lines in France. The rock’s blue-and-gold walls and the massif’s exposed position make it both a scenic and technically demanding venue; the massif’s protected status and striking profile are part of why climbers travel specifically to Céüse.

The three films here show different ways of engaging that same wall. Arnaud Petit Climbs Black Bean 8b with Natural Pro in Céüse presents a compact study of style: a sixty-five‑metre, normally bolted 8b pitch climbed with placed protection instead of clipping bolts, filmed close and without commentary so you can watch gear choice and sequence decisions in real time. Rotpunkt: Bibliographie follows Alex Megos’ Céüse campaign around Bibliographie, the 9c project adjacent to Biographie, compressing sixty days of projecting into seventeen minutes that focus on skin management, linking moves and the arithmetic of a sustained sport line. Finally, Margo Hayes Makes History documents Hayes’ Biographie campaign; the film pairs her disciplined, almost gymnastic approach to visualization with footage of Céüse’s pocketed limestone to show how an elite athlete prepares for and executes a high‑end send on that specific rock.

Taken together the films illustrate how a single cliff can host very different conversations about route style, protection, and projection: close technical camera work for trad conversion, the concentrated tension of a multi‑day project, and the methodical preparation behind a confirmed ascent.