Nicolas Favresse's Ambassador Profile
Nicolas Favresse
Rock Climbing Ambassador
Hometown
Brussels, BelgiumResides
Brussels, Belgium
Growing up in Brussels, Nicolas bonded to the outdoors through windsurfing, mountain biking and skiing. He started climbing at 15 and immediately found his passion. As an 18-year old exchange student in the United States, he visited Yosemite and discovered a new calling for big walls. Since then he’s climbed big walls in Patagonia, Pakistan, Greenland, Venezuela and Canada.
Career Highlights
- Free ascents of Freerider and Salathé Wall, El Capitan, Yosemite, California
- First ascents of The Secret Passage (5.13c) and Lost in Translation (5.12+), El Capitan, Yosemite, California
- First ascent of L’appat (5.13 R), Falls Wall, Yosemite, California
- Ascent of Orbayu (8b+/c), Picos de Europa, Spain
- Ascent of Silbergeier (8b), Ratikon, Switzerland
- First free ascent of the East Face of the Central Tower of Torres Del Paine, via the South African Route, (5.12+) Patagonia
- First ascent of Ledgeway to Heaven (5.12+), Nafees Cap, Charakusa Valley, Pakistan
- First free ascent of Devil’s Brew (5.12+), Impossible Wall, Upernavick area, Greenland
- First free ascent of Apichavai (8a+), Tuyuren Waterfall Wall, Amuri Tepui, Venezuela
- Second ascent of Cobra Crack (5.14), Squamish, British Columbia, Canada
- First ascent of Inshalah (8c+) and Gura Gutarak (8c+), Kalymnos, Greece
- First ascent of Le Clou (8c) and Razorblade (8c), Freyr, Belgium
- Ascent of Estado Critico (9A) and La Reina Mora (8c+), El Pati, Siurana
- Movies: Vertical Sailing Greenland, Asgard Jamming, Patagonia Dreams, Yosemite Experience and Pakistan Project
- First ascent of Vacunamatata (8c+/9a), Siurana, Spain
- First ascent of The Recovery Drink (5.14+), Jossingfjord, Norway