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Mardi 25 septembre 2012 2 25 /09 /Sep /2012 00:13
Climbing in Chamonix

Last week of August around Mt Blanc. This set tells the story of 4 days of climbing, guided by Louis, where I consolidated my 6a level in rock climbing. First of all, we climbed Petite Verte (3512m, PD), a mixed route we did almost in winter conditions. One of the goals of the climbs was to […]
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Vendredi 21 septembre 2012 5 21 /09 /Sep /2012 00:01
Piz Badile in september

Piz Badile is one of the greatest North Face of the Alps. It is a sea of rock, 800 meters high above glaciers which have retreated a lot! It lies in the east end of the Alps, on the Swiss Italian Border. You can see Piz Bernina and Lake Como from the summit The objective is the Cassin route […]
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Mardi 7 août 2012 2 07 /08 /Août /2012 00:28
The Grutter ridge with hight mountain guide

The Grutter ridge is one of the classics of the Aiguilles de Chamonix Massif. It leads to the summit of Aiguille des Pélerins at 3318m. It's an awesome route (D, 5b), rather vertical and sometimes airy. It is one of the best 100 routes described by the famous French guide, Rébuffat. Elle […]
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Samedi 4 août 2012 6 04 /08 /Août /2012 00:39
the Scissor peak in Chamonix

L'Aiguille des Ciseaux (Scissor Peak 3479m) is easy to spot from the village of Chamonix. And indeed, when reaching the summit, it really looks like a pair of scissors, a proper rock blade and it is very airy when looking down to Chamonix. Les Ciseaux (à droite), versant Mer de Glace 5 years […]
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Samedi 15 octobre 2011 6 15 /10 /Oct /2011 00:04
Training compete South Pole

On 1,2,3, October, Yoyo (from Holland), Matt(from England) and I trained on around the Col du Geant for their competition to the South Pole. They will compete this winter (summer down south) with other teams for three weeks in Antarctica, racing to the South Pole on skis and pulling sleds. We […]
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Vendredi 7 octobre 2011 5 07 /10 /Oct /2011 00:41
Fontès de Jouvence à l'Aiguille Pourrie

The Aiguilles Rouges are facing the Mont Blanc Massif and are an amazing area for rock climbing! Its also a good place to go when the weather looks potentially unsettled as it is easy to get This set is about two days of climbing, guided by Louis Fontes de Jouvence is a beautiful route on the […]
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Mardi 27 septembre 2011 2 27 /09 /Sep /2011 00:12
La Dent du Géant, english version.

The Dent du Geant is one of the 4000ers of the Alps. It is one of the 100 best ascent described by the famous French guide Gaston Rébuffat. For me, this has also been the second sighting of an Alpine madonna in my climbing week after the Grepon one as there is an other one of the 4 madonnas of […]
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Lundi 26 septembre 2011 1 26 /09 /Sep /2011 00:29
L'arête des Ecandies, english version.

The Ecandies ridge belongs to the 100 best climbs described by the famous French guide Gaston Rebuffat. It's an amazing rock ridge graded D with two steps of V+. It's not very high, 2783m, but the scenery is amazing! We had an early start as we were walking at 6am, just before sunrise. While we […]
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