Informal address required, confident smile.
A regular here, Solenne Piret welcomes us to the Arkose training center, next to the Place de la Nation (Paris 20th).
A friendly atmosphere in this “cool” place where everyone speaks informally.
The framework is set.
She is at home here, this is where she trains, where she (re)discovered a taste for climbing.
During his childhood, his parents already took him climbing on the outdoor boulders of Fontainebleau, in Seine-et-Marne.
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It was the Sunday outing.
This allowed you to get out of Paris on weekends.
And then it was fun to show off to classmates on Mondays, because no one was climbing at the time, it was a bit extraordinary,”
she remembers.
As paradoxical and surprising as it may seem, climbing has not always been a passion for Solenne Piret.
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Apart from the family environment, I initially had no particular interest in climbing.
And when it was time to leave home at 17, I stopped...
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