Nicolas Favresse

Nicolas Favresse

Whether it is a massive big wall in an alpine environement or 2 moves on a small, but tricky boulder or a tune on his guitar, Nico just loves the rock in all its forms. While on summer vacations with his familly, as a teenager, Nico's and his brothers favourite activity was to explore caves along the mediteranean coast. In order to get from one cave to another without swimming, they had to climb above the sea. Soon enough Nico and his bothers traded caving for their new favourite game, deep water soloing.

After attending the university of Freyr (the most important Belgian crag) where he learned and refined his technique on old school, low angle, sandbagged climbs, his world of climbing opened much wider when Nico and Sean Villanueva went to Yosemite. There he discovered his true call : trad, big wall climbing, being a dirt bag and playing music on big walls. Since then Nico has been on a mission travelling around the world looking for his Holly Grail : Virgin Big walls! "For me challenging myself on a climb is just a way to get connected with nature. Climbing brings me to beautiful places, it inspires me to push my limits in climbing but also in music which brings me a unique feeling of connection”

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