Alexandre Chabot

Alexandre Chabot is a French professional rock climber who specialised in lead climbing and was born on 27 December 1981. He won three consecutive Lead Climbing World Cups and three consecutive Rock Masters, and in France he took the national Lead Climbing Champion title seven times. He first climbed at the age of six during a family holiday at Col des Grands Montets near Chamonix, joined a local climbing club at thirteen, redpointed his first 8a route, Reve de Papillon at Buoux, at sixteen, and won his first World Cup medal at eighteen. His redpoint list includes several routes of grade 9a (5.14d) at the Gorges du Loup, among them the first ascents of Abysse in 2006 and PuntX in 2007.