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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 Leave a 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

Carrière Collot, Epinal

October 27, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

We do climb in some funny places… Here’s another random stop-over crag, found on the web and chosen because of proximity to our homeward route, short walk-in (zero!) and sunny […]

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Alsace and NE, France

Gietroz, sector Pylon

October 19, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

The somewhat utilitarian name belies an excellent little crag. Gietroz is the easterly extension of Barberine and has a bunch of sectors scattered over the hillside. Pylon is just over […]

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France, French Alps

Lady in Black, Point Gaspard, Aiguilles Rouges

October 18, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

After a week of valley cragging it was time for another adventure further up in the Big Hills, so it was great to be able to call on The Rucksack […]

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France, French Alps

Coupeau

October 17, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

On Neil’s recommendation we made a trip to Coupeau, a hidden gem of Chamonix Valley cragging – always handy to have a bit of local knowledge! It’s not a huge […]

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France, French Alps

Vallorcine

October 16, 2018by Dominic 1 Comment

Almost 6 weeks in to Helen’s recovery and it’s time for some tentative steps back into multi-pitch adventuring – we’d been saving the friendly granite slabs at Vallorcine for the […]

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France, French Alps

Le Clis, Vallee d’Arve

October 15, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

We’d exhausted most of the major Chamonix Valley cragging options, and needed a break from granite slabs, so headed back down the Arve to seek out Le Clis. This is […]

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France, French Alps

Roc Dément and Les Bossons boulders – rest day recce

October 14, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

A bit of a look back through the blog suggests I have climbed on each of the last 14 days – not necessarily caning it, but put boot to rock. […]

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France, French Alps

Le Chapeau

October 13, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

This one isn’t featured in the Rockfax, but gets rave reviews in the local guide: “Site majeur de l’escalade dans la valee de Chamonix”. Unfortunately, my hastily snapped shots of […]

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France, French Alps

Barberine

October 12, 2018by Dominic 1 Comment

This extensive granite crag is at the top of the Chamonix Valley, just over the Col des Montets – it’s actually in Switzerland (by a couple of hundred metres), though […]

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France, French Alps

Le Fayet, Grande Falaise

October 11, 2018by Dominic 3 Comments

We’d been working towards a rest day, to coincide with the forecast monsoon which was supposed to hit today. This was downgraded to an overnight downpour, and even that failed […]

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France, French Alps

Chamonix Valley cragging – La Joux and Les Gaillands

October 10, 2018by Dominic 1 Comment

After the lengthy approach to Les Cheserys yesterday, we opted for roadside today, so checked out La Joux. Accessed from the station of the same name, it’s a very pleasant […]

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France, French Alps

L’Aiguillette d’Argentiere and Les Cheserys

October 9, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

No, NOT The Aiguille d’Argentiere, but this diminutive and shapely near namesake gives a fun micro summit in absolutely fabulous surroundings. The Aiguillette can be found about an hour’s pleasant […]

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France, French Alps

Servoz

October 8, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

With the weather perking up around Chamonix, and bizarrely looking better than the usual fleshpots of Provence, we decided to take advantage and spend a few days enjoying an out-of-season […]

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France, French Alps

Climbing around Le Grand Massif

October 7, 2018by Dominic 1 Comment

Based around Samoens for a couple of days, we decided to explore the wealth of climbing in the hinterlands around Mt Blanc. There are three guidebooks-worth of cragging accessible within […]

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France, French Alps

Aiguilles Rouges, Chamonix Mt Blanc

October 5, 2018by Dominic Leave a comment

The happy coincidence of a forecasted weather window in Cham overlapping with Dave being resident in Samoens opened up the possibility of an unexpected hit of high altitude cragging – […]

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France, French Alps

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