Fred Rouhling

Who is Fred Rouhling?

Fred Rouhling is a French rock climber, famed for his 1995 proposal of the grade 9b/5.15b for his unrepeated climb Akira. Other notable climbs of his include:

Hugh in Eaux-Claires, France, first ascent in 1993.

L'autre côté du ciel, or The Other Side of the Sky, in Eaux-Claires, France, FA in 1997.

In 2002, repeated Bain de Sang in Saint Loup, Switzerland.

Mandallaz Drive at d’Allonzier la Caille, near Haute-Savoie, south of Geneva, FA in 2004.

In 2007, FA of Salamandre 9a/b at Saint-Pierre en Faucigny.