| 1. | Coming to both climbing and skiing quite late in his childhood at the age of 14, he climbed on the cliffs of Cormot, in the cirque du Bout du Monde near Nolay, as well as in Brochon, Fixin and Saffres, and skied in the Jura mountains. Jeune, il s'entraînait à l'escalade sur la falaise de Cormot, dans le cirque du Bout du Monde, près de Nolay mais aussi à Brochon, Fixin ou Saffres. |