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petje
Apr 18, 2008, 1:17 PM
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It's diff when the last move is 30 meters up! 
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fatoomchk
Apr 21, 2008, 11:32 AM
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So how was everyone's weekend? Some one give us a climbing story...
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uasunflower
Apr 21, 2008, 3:57 PM
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Here is mine (or rather of my bf leading, and not during the w-end, but rather during the week) - name the climb, i'll tell you the story 
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thomasribiere
Apr 21, 2008, 4:52 PM
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uasunflower wrote: Here is mine (or rather of my bf leading, and not during the w-end, but rather during the week) - name the climb, i'll tell you the story [image]http://bp2.blogger.com/_7OTm6bE0YnA/SAnU1srFi3I/AAAAAAAAAe8/HIYM1QYZJDQ/s320/crl2.JPG[/image]
La Traversée sans retour?
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uasunflower
Apr 21, 2008, 4:54 PM
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nope, too high! although you can almost see its start in this pic
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uasunflower
Apr 21, 2008, 5:02 PM
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look closer!!! it's another famous one, but it goes up, not around - and this is one before last pitch...
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uasunflower
Apr 21, 2008, 5:35 PM
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thomas - done!
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maznev
Apr 21, 2008, 5:57 PM
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Calanques yesterday, La Candelle barely visible in the background. "It rains so rarely here, people are happy when it does".
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thomasribiere
Apr 21, 2008, 5:58 PM
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uasunflower wrote: thomas - done!
So every one was in Marseille with the rain?
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uasunflower
Apr 22, 2008, 1:26 PM
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btw, is August too hot to climb in Sardegna? Where do you generally fly to, and did you rent a car when there? How expensive (tisar, booger)?
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theguy
Apr 26, 2008, 9:24 AM
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Most folks fly in to Olbia on the east coast, which is closest to most of the sport climbing; there are also some much higher, more adventurous (and more trad) cliffs north of the Alghero airport on the west coast.
In August you're still in tourist season, so bus service from airport to climbing towns is more frequent, but would still probably have to hitch the last chunk to town near crag, and from there to crag. So I'd recommend a car; costs are fairly reasonable, weekly rate about 30-40 euro a day if I recall.
I've only climbed there later in the year (October) but was already getting a bit chill then; looks like August a bit hot though: http://www.italy-weekly-rentals.com/...fo/CLIMATE/olbia.gif
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maznev
Apr 29, 2008, 5:54 AM
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w-end pics:
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fatoomchk
Apr 29, 2008, 8:09 AM
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Will anyone be in Corsica next week? My gf and I will be there for a few days (Sunday thru Wednesday I think), and we might try and squeeze in some climbing...
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maznev
Apr 29, 2008, 12:04 PM
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And some more pics from the previous w-end in Calanques.
Blue skies in the morning:
but it doesn't last long:
Climbing on Candelle:
La Candelle et la lune:
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tisar
Apr 30, 2008, 1:31 PM
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Ferris got it covered. I would tend to believe that climbing in August is close to impossible because of the heat. Late September to mid of October might be the best time to go - we were there late October to November last year and though the temps were perfect for climbing, I'd prefer a little more sun on my part.
I'm still waiting for my first real-rock experiences this year. Pentacost will come soon. And hopefully dry. Can hardly remember how it feels... 
maznev, there's something wrong with your pics - they won't show up...
Greetz,
Daniel
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theguy
May 1, 2008, 4:19 PM
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fatoomchk wrote: Will anyone be in Corsica next week? ...
I have a few days free, and am in need of getting away, so Corsica sounds fairly good; still looking for a 3rd wheel?
Trad to 5ish, sport to 6ish, though who knows, since haven't been climbing indoors or out in months.
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theguy
May 1, 2008, 4:27 PM
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Let me expand on that: anyone of you reprobates looking for a rusty belay-slave in the next couple of weeks drop me a line.
As long as you're not Austrian.
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theguy
May 1, 2008, 8:58 PM
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Tisar, what kind of grade do you think this gets?
Can come visit Utah in the fall (no pun intended) if it's down your alley, so to speak.
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funtom
May 6, 2008, 9:40 AM
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Well, jump grades are only 4, and 4th are really rare.
(something like in last James Bond Movie- that jump from the Crane on Building, nothin for mortals like me )
Maybe somewhere between 1 and 2 ( 1 likely)- good starting and landing zone to 2 meter long. But it is only guess. It could be Xth class if You fall in 
Last two weekends were really good, last one, we were on PADani bouldering comp in Petrohrad, no chance to win- Famous Adam Ondra show us how to turn off the gravity. Harry Potter is looser
And this one- i was in Labske Udoli on sanstone, eh Sandstone, climbing for 3 days, beautifull routes, many some 80 mtrs long ( and they ARE long when you have long 80m rope) I was pretty destroyed in Sunday- barelly able to grab the change from the desk. And Yesterday i woke up with fingers turned like LEGO figure It take 10min to force them doing something.
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fatoomchk
May 15, 2008, 12:44 PM
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theguy wrote: fatoomchk wrote: Will anyone be in Corsica next week? ... I have a few days free, and am in need of getting away, so Corsica sounds fairly good; still looking for a 3rd wheel? Trad to 5ish, sport to 6ish, though who knows, since haven't been climbing indoors or out in months.
damn.. sorry. I didn't see your post. We were on the road near Avignon by then.... You would have been dissapointed. There was so much to see we didn't even try to go climbing. Awesome tourist trip though - by the time I got home it was over 3500km in 10 days!
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