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Climbing trip to Taghia, Morocco
“Gîte Jamal, in Taghia!? What's this, you don't have an address? The airport policeman gets angry. – No, this is the only information I have about where I will be staying for the next two weeks… Sorry. » Then, with exemplary kindness, muttering behind his Plexiglas, he stamps the sesame and…
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Climbing trip in Jordan
When we think of Jordan, we quickly think of Petra and its temple sculpted by the Nabataeans, the Dead Sea and the composition of its water so laden with salt that it becomes impossible to sink or even dive, or Wadi Rum and its desert dotted with red sandstone towers. It's good […]
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"Canyoning, a blessing in Aragon" on Arte (video at the end of the article)
On February 17, 2023 at 5:25 p.m., the Arte program “Invitation to travel” makes a stopover in the Sierra de Guara and focuses on its canyons and the pioneers who discovered them through the report “Canyoning, a blessing in Aragon” by Laurence Fleury. Interview with Caroline facing the Cuca de Bellosta in the Mascun […]
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Perf climbing trip in Türkiye
When Mihai asks me to accompany him on a climbing trip to coach him and his family, the destination is easy to find. Turkey has many cliffs developed in the last 20 years. Some very accessible and others more remote. Several trips have allowed me to discover them and to determine which ones correspond to the […]
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El Topo or behind the scenes of a great effort and its hazards
El Topo… This route has been in my head for more than 2 years. Opened for artificial in 1981 by Marco Troussier, it was refitted in 2008 for freestyle.
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Mental limits, the highs and lows of working a route
What I am going to tell you corresponds to my thoughts and feelings experienced over the past two months during the process of working and linking Classe Croute, 8b. It is a work process that I discover in these terms and which can correspond to any climber who reaches his limit and tries to […]
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Climbing in the Dolomiti di Brenta
Here is the video of a stay in the Dolomiti di Brenta, one of the many massifs that make up the Dolomites. Climbers: Maxime Richard and Maxime Poirier Routes climbed or attempted: Cima Farfalla – Die frau ist der ruine des alpinismus (250m, 7c) Campanile Basso – Preuss (400m, 5c) Crozon di Brenta – Super Maria (1000m, 6b)
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The Zutopists at the Petite Aiguille D'Ansabère
Here is the video of a multi-pitch outing on the Petite Aiguille d'Ansabère in the Pyrenees. Located in the Lescuns valley, the route is semi-equipped but large sections must be protected with nuts. The length is 300m for a maximum difficulty of 7a. Note the presence of an escalation/pendulum in a […]
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Dihedral Philip Flamm on the North Face of the Civetta
Here is the video of the ascent of the dihedral Philipp Flamm (900m, 6b) on the North Face of the Civetta. One of my first bivouacs in full wall. Climbers: Maxime Richard and Maxime Poirier
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Vinatzer-Messner route at the Marmolada
The doors of the C3 are wide open and our belongings are piled up happily in the car park of the small village of Malga Ciapela, at the foot of the Queen of the Dolomites, the Marmolada. This is the start of our Italian roadtrip, the organization is slowly coming together and for now, whenever we need […]
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Inside the head of a base jumper
"Happy is he who can with a vigorous wing Soar towards the luminous and serene fields" Charles Baudelaire
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Couzy-Demaison route on the North Face of the Olan
Sunday July 28, 2019, 3:30 a.m.: The Desert in Valjouffrey, Upper Bonne Valley “- Hey, psssst, get up, you have to go! my buddy Max whispers to me, trying not to wake the other people in the dorm. You speak, I slept little of the night and I am ready to take off in less […]
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Canyon Colonoscopy in Reunion
Here is the video of a unique canyon outing on Reunion Island: Colonoscopie V4A2VI The initial objective was to do the Ravine Blanche waterfall but the unpredictable and capricious weather pushed us to change our plans to embark on Colonoscopie. The most memorable thing about this day is certainly the painstaking approach in the […]
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Bike-climb trip around the Adriatic
Initially titled Bat'karé en Roue et en Cordée, this text presents the vertical and cycling adventures of two friends around the Adriatic Sea.
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Eyes in the Blue at the Antern Wall
There are still stars in my eyes thinking about that fall day. The kind of day that Haute-Savoie sometimes offers us in October, you just have to know how to seize it. Last year I took the opportunity to spend a beautiful day at altitude in Digital Crack. This year, the Fiz are dry and…
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The curtains of Gwendal, Verdon
After a few days of rinds in the South of France, particularly in Roquevaire, we are heading with Max to the Verdon to start the multi-pitch season at the beginning of April!
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Highline and climbing at Piton des Neiges
In the semi-darkness of a mountain path lit by the stars of the southern hemisphere, three small loupiotes slowly hoist themselves onto the roof of the Indian Ocean.
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Autridge and Sleeping Beauty
First weekend as a team in a select committee: Antoine, Gabriel, Arnaud and me. We decide on Autridge, the beautiful cliff perched above the Ardèche gorges. No one knows except Antoine. For him it's a bit like his garden. Our local has done almost all the routes and sends us his desire…
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Totem Pole, Tasmania
"I'm going but I'm scared", this cult phrase, has never so well represented our state of mind before leaving for the Totem Pole!
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Meteors Meteora
5 years ago, when I went to visit Greece by car with Claire to cut between the two years of preparation, we went to Meteora, marveling at these rock formations. I said to myself: “We'll have to come back for a Kalymnos-Meteora trip”. Kalymnos is done.
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Spirit are you the axis? in Glandasse
No sooner said than done ! After this famous appetizer at the Rocher du Midi in De Charybde en Scylla, the following weekend, we tackled something harder.
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From Charybdis in Scylla to the Rocher du Midi
No need to go paragliding to spend a day in the clouds. Just go to the Rocher du Midi on a day when the weather is forecast to be fine!
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Xiketeta, I got you!
Xiketeta, 30 m of vertical or very slightly overhanging wall, small two fingers, single fingers, resistance and above all a lot of technique... In short, a route for little fingers, a route for girls and a route especially in my style! Initially rated 8b for almost 3 years, the side was…
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One week in the Peak District
A week of climbing in the Peak District and fairly decent weather allowed me to discover some of the mythical grit sectors, especially Stanage! The reputation of this sector is well established, the blocks are high and often difficult, the landings sometimes a little exposed and the rock, with this […]
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