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A brief dip into Provence followed by a deja vu dash

October 28, 2020by Dominic 1 Comment

As autumnal weather begins to make itself felt, we headed a bit further south and to lower altitude into Provence. The Alpilles, centred on Saint-Remy, are a range of modest […]

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France, Provence and South East

Three Sides of Rocher Baron

October 25, 2020by Dominic Leave a comment

We first visited Rocher Baron almost 25 years ago, with two tiny tots in tow. The appeal at that point was the roadside / “pram-able” nature of the nearest south-east […]

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France, Provence and South East

Le Pouit – Incy Wincy spider climbs up the rock again!

October 24, 2020by Dominic 1 Comment

After two days of continuous rain, we were pretty much climbing up the walls of the van and desperate to get onto the crag. Normally, we use any rain interruptions […]

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France, Provence and South East

Casse de Prelles and Les Ayes

October 21, 2020by Dominic Leave a comment

Casse de Prelles is an east-facing series of quartzite slabs and pinnacles set above the village of the same name. Here’s a view taken from across the valley a couple […]

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France, Provence and South East

Briancon revisited – Hot Rock and Pudding

October 20, 2020by Dominic 1 Comment

It’s only a short drive from the Ligurian coast to the Durance valley; around 3 hours over the Montgenevre Pass linking these two tremendously diverse and abundant climbing areas. Each […]

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France, Provence and South East

Finale (the original one!)

October 17, 2020by Dominic 1 Comment

We’ve been firm fans of Oltre Finale (which translates as “beyond” Finale) for a number of years now, but had written off its more famous and long-standing neighbor as being […]

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Italy, Northern Italy

Aosta round up – more rock than you can shake a stick at!

October 15, 2020by Dominic 2 Comments

With so much climbing I’ve got into a bit of a “back-blog” so here’s a quick round up of the other crags we visited in the Aosta Valley: Corno di […]

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Italy, Northern Italy

Another Day In (Grand) Paradiso

October 12, 2020by Dominic Leave a comment

A message from Will, fresh back from Leonidio, prompted a further exploration of the crags further up the Valgrisenche. He and a Cham team were planning a foray through the […]

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Italy, Northern Italy

Matterhorn and Monte Rosa

October 11, 2020by Dominic Leave a comment

No, we haven’t packed big boots and crampons for this trip. The Aosta guide is a huge tome, organised into sections according to area, and the valleys leading up to […]

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Italy, Northern Italy

La Ravoire and Leverogne

October 7, 2020by Dominic 2 Comments

The Aosta Valley runs for almost 100km from just north of our campsite (Camping Mombarone) … up to Courmayeur and the Mont Blanc tunnel. There’s a tonne of rock (140 […]

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Italy, Northern Italy

Gruviera and Montestrutto – into Val d’Aosta

October 6, 2020by Dominic 5 Comments

We’re taking advantage of a weather window to explore the climbing around Grand Paradiso and the Aosta Valley, starting in the lower valley whilst things perk up and dry out […]

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Italy, Northern Italy

Weathering Storm Alex

October 3, 2020by Dominic Leave a comment

Alex, the first named storm of the year, was forecasted to dump about 6 inches of the wet stuff on Val Penneveire on Friday, threatening to put a major dampener […]

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Italy, Northern Italy

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