Mont Aiguille

Erik wrote a funny post on his blog about our trip to the Mont Aiguille!
Check it out

Châteauvert Video

I uploaded another video to YouTube. This time Dani captured me on camera when I red pointed my most overhanging route so far. David belayed me and did an amazing job in instructing and motivating me throughout the route. It's a 6c+ called Tintinguette in Châteauvert. A fantastic route! It starts off with some pretty hard moves, very technical, with a difficult dead-point into a two finger pocket. Then I take a short rest and get into the most powerful move. A very long move in the roof, where I have to get further and further right on a bad hold, till it finally gets good enough to continue. Then straight up into the hole in the ceiling where I jam my knee, to take a rest before the final moves. I love the hole, feels so great when you know you've done the hardest moves and can take a rest with your feet in there and you hanging out of that orifice. After a short rest I get out of the hole, only a few moves to go...

Fifoxtasy on YouTube!

I uploaded my first video to YouTube!



It's a video about me trying to climb a 7a in "La Balme de Yenne". Dani belaying me. Willy as cameraman. JB and Willy motivating me with lots of "Allez!" and "Geht scho". Willy pretending to motivate me some more in German LOL!

Châteauvert

It's been a while since I put the Châteauvert pictures online, but I forgot to write something about it. Well it's one of the best crags I've ever been to, that's for sure! Dani and I went there from Grenoble and met David and Dodo who came all the way from Austria just to climb there. We wanted to leave Grenoble at 18:00, Dani told me he'll pick me up, but in the end he was 4 hours late. I know, I'm always late as well, but he's even worse ;-) but there is another thing I have to add: He is spanish, I should have known. lol don't take me too serious on this one :D

UPDATE: I added the photos Dani took to the album

Châteauvert 2007-04

Another great climbing spot Pierre-Alain showed me is La Balme de Yenne. Not to far from Grenoble and overhanging, you can even climb there when it rains. Here are some photos

La Balme de Yenne 2007-04-24

Photos of Pont de Vence:

Pont de Vence 2007-04-21

And Pictures of Les Saillants de Gua:

Les Saillants de Gua 2007-04-17