Verdon Gorge France 7/30
Today we got up at 6:00 and were on our way by 6:30 to beat the sun because we wanted to climb on east facing rock. To our dimay we got to the campground gate only to find out that it was locked till 7:30. Thankfully we were able to find the host and he graciously let us out. The best part about the route we did today is that we drove to the top of a 1000 to 1500 foot cliff on the side of the gorge and repelled about 470 feet down the side of the cliff to start our climb. Tuns of exposure and super cool for sure.
We did the first two alterante pitches of ¨Les Dalles Grises¨ which go at 5.9 and 5.10a; climbing was superb. The third pitch started to slab out and not be that great of climbing, so rather than finish the route, which was now in the sun, we traversed to the bottom of ¨LÁrabe Dement¨ and did the 10a and 10c pitches to the top, which are well deserving of the classic rating given to them by the book.
It was hot and we wanted to hit the road to try and make it to Mallorca for the end of the trip so we took off. Verdon Gorge is an amaizing place and definitely one I´d come back too, next time I´d want to do some of the routes in Secteur Six Fois Zette.
We left around noon and made it to Barcelona by 6:30. However after finding the hostel and doing some internet looking for ferrys and flights to Mallorca it became very obvious that it wasn´t going to work.
So the plan for the rest of the trip is to hang out in Barcelona for the next two days for me and when I fly home Mikey is going to Fly to Mallorca for the rest of his trip.
We did the first two alterante pitches of ¨Les Dalles Grises¨ which go at 5.9 and 5.10a; climbing was superb. The third pitch started to slab out and not be that great of climbing, so rather than finish the route, which was now in the sun, we traversed to the bottom of ¨LÁrabe Dement¨ and did the 10a and 10c pitches to the top, which are well deserving of the classic rating given to them by the book.
It was hot and we wanted to hit the road to try and make it to Mallorca for the end of the trip so we took off. Verdon Gorge is an amaizing place and definitely one I´d come back too, next time I´d want to do some of the routes in Secteur Six Fois Zette.
We left around noon and made it to Barcelona by 6:30. However after finding the hostel and doing some internet looking for ferrys and flights to Mallorca it became very obvious that it wasn´t going to work.
So the plan for the rest of the trip is to hang out in Barcelona for the next two days for me and when I fly home Mikey is going to Fly to Mallorca for the rest of his trip.
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