Spine Challenger, UK
The Spine Challenger is a winter, non-stop, Ultra-trail which takes place in England along the Pennine Way. Philippe won the 2013 edition an set a new record.
Trail: St Jeannet – Le Broc
We often go to St Jeannet to run where we have several good Trails.
Trail: Menton – La Manda
We ran all together up to the Col de Castillon, then Anna went back to Menton through the village of Sainte-Agnès while Alex and I continued toward the North to Luceram and then finished at La Manda.
Trail: Vence 20 km
It is a nice Trail, with a limited elevation gain +1000m / -1000m and where it is possible to run most of the time.
Trail: Ferion – Utelle
I did a 37 km loop starting in Plan du Var and climbing Mont Férion and Madone d’Utelle.
Berghaus Athletes camp
Last weekend Anna and I went to Newcastle for a new Berghaus Athletes camp. Once again, it was fun to meet with the other athletes.
Khan Tengri 7010 m, Kyrgyzstan
Khan Tengri is the second highest mountain of the Tian Shan mountain range. Philippe and Yannick climbed the Progrebietsky route on the South Face and West ridge of Khan Tengri in just 9 days.
Trail: St Etienne – Tenibre – Vens
We chose the Mont Tenibre (3031 m) which is one of the few 3000 meters peaks of the Alpes Maritimes.
Trail: St Martin-Vesubie – Millefonts – Pepoiri
We went back to Saint Martin-Vésubie for a 25 km +1800 m Trail. We did the Trail #8, Lacs des Millefonts as described on the Trail resort of Saint Martin-Vésubie website.
Trail: Km Vertical – St Martin-Vesubie
Anna and I participated in the first Kilometre Vertical in Martin-Vésubie.
Gobi March, China
The Gobi March is a 250 km running race which takes place in the Gobi desert, around Kashgar. There are 6 stages in 7 days: almost 4 Marathons in 4 days, then 75 km, a rest day and a final stage of 16 km. Philippe ranked 3rd in this edition.
4 Deserts: Gobi March – Stage 5
The scenery on this section was very nice, wide open view over the mountain range and high peaks (over 7000 m I guess).