
We got up early for a change today because my helicopter came to drop off a rescued walker in the field next to the tent. We spent the rest of the day lounging around before making a last minute decision to run up chaud biz… Tim really didn’t like the last pitch of this and complained that it was overhanging!

The weather was cloudy this morning with a showery forcast so we took another well earned rest day and drove to Le Sauze du Lac to visit a Marmot farm. Parc Zoologique de Montagne isn’t really a Marmot farm to be honest but it isn’t really a zoo either, infact they don’t even have many [...]

The description of this route makes it sound pants but the bad press just meant we had the place to ourselves and the climbing really isn’t too bad. Tim alternated leads today and apart from the first and last 5c pitches the climbing is really really easy and stress free, I think Tim even smiled once or [...]