Because of the France national day on the 8th we had a nice long weekend. With a weather forecast that was predicting nothing but rain around Grenoble. So we took a 300Km drive south to Chateauvert. An interesting ride. We run out of Diesel drove true big hail storms to find a perfectly dry crack …

Just above Crolles there is loads of climbing. The top part of the great wall under le luisset La Dent de Crolles is great for any level of climbing. Last weekend I climbed on a part thats is kind a difficult from 6C up to 9 something. And climbed some very nice 7a’s . This …

So this weekend it was great weather again. My Colleges from Petzl Guillaume and Antoine took me along to Pont de Barret. In the sunny south of France only 160 KM from grenoble but so different climate and vegetation. A very nice crack from grade 4 up till 8b+ topo available at the local”bookstore/bar” So …

Last weekend we tried to climb the Jackson route on Les droites. After a slow start it started to snow around 3500M  . And at 3700M the spindrift small avalanches and altitude problems made me decide to retreat. So a rock hit me in the face on the decent.. such a nice trip ;) . …

The last day of our 2012 iceclimbing trip.. But a Good day. After waking up having no motivation what so ever. Sore muscles and being really stiff we decided to go to Ueschinen any way. Being sure to regret having a rest day when back home. So skiing up took foorreeever.. So we arrived at …

About a week ago we started climbing the first pitches of AlmenDudler a 300M+ multipitch mixed line M9+M10 WI6 . But retreated after the first 2 M9 and M8 pitch because we didn’t feel to good. Thanx for the cold Gordon ;) . After some climbing in Kiental and skiing with Rick we went back yesterday. I almost …

After the ‘real-ice-sessions’ in Cogne it was time for the Worldcup again. This time it was Champagny-en-Vanoise. For the first time in 10 years a Worldcup on French soil/ice again. We enjoyed the lovely -25C on the first day when we arrived and got warned that it would get worse/better in the next days with …

Ice ICe baby!! Yeah finally we found some ice .. Not really fat but O’K ice. Yesterday we climbed the nice Couloir Lillaz. With some funny  mixed ground in the end. Today we wanted to climb an other easy route to start but there where already 3 partys in it. So we tried some harder …