Climbing: video of Souffle du Ragga – Peillon
A few weeks ago, Anna, Philippe and Anouk Evène made a series of videos in the cave of Peillon. Here is the first video of Philippe climbing Le Souffle du Ragga, 8b+. Two more videos will be released soon, so stay tuned. < Souffle du Raagga, 8b+ (© Philippe et Anna Gatta)
Running: Treadmill Stress Test
Anna and I are still preparing for the Atacama Crossing, a 250 km, 7 days, self-supported running race in the Atacama desert, Chile. Last week I went to the “Centre Cardio-Thoracique of Monaco” for a Treadmill Stress Test (“Test d’effort”) which included Echocardiogram, lung capacities, heart rate min and max, VO2 max, fat vs. carbohydrates […]
Cime de Fremamorte – Right Gully
Last weekend I went back to the Boréon in the the Valley of Vésubie and climbed the Right Gully in the West face of the Cime Fremamorte (2730 m, 300m, AD+). There are not much snow/ice left, but the conditions in the Gully were okay, with 4 short sections of mixed climbing. Instead of going […]
Trail: St Vallier – Caille – Andon
Trail: St Vallier – Caille – Andon, a really nice 40 km Trail on to the first hills behind Cannes.
Pelago – Couloirs Nathalie and East
For this first day of 2012, I woke up at 5:30am and went to the Boréon in the the Valley of Vésubie to climb the Couloir Nathalie (III, AD+/D, 650m) in the West face of Mont Pelago. The weather was great but it was too warm and the conditions in the Couloir were awful: very […]
Grand Capelet – Couloir Diagonale
Today I climbed the Grand Capelet – Couloir Diagonale (AD, 300m) in the West face of Grand Capelet (2935 m) in the Valley of Gordolasque.
Trail: Bairols – Ilonse
Anna and I went back to the Valley of Tinée to find a new Trail between the nice villages of Bairols and Ilonse. The Trail we chose was technical and in bad shape, especially on the way to Ilonse where there are lots of dead trees and rocks. The section between Col de la Sinne […]
Trail: Les Calanques – Cassis – Marseille
Philippe and I were a little bored of our own playground here in the Côte d’Azur and decided to go two hours West and visit Les Calanques by Marseille. We left Nice with a full packed car: climbing gear, trail running gear and our camera. View from Paroi des toits (© Philippe Gatta) Saturday was […]
Gélas – West Couloir
Anna and I went to the Madone de Fenestre to climb the West Couloir (II, AD / 3, 300m) of Gélas (3143 m).
Mont Ponset – Mont Neiglier
I went back to the Madone de Fenestre to climb the Couloir Délaissé (300m, 45-50° max) in the Southwest face of Mont Ponset (2828 m)
Trail: Around Lauvet d’Ilonse
Sunday Anna and I went to the Valley of Tinée to run along a very scenic trail starting at the nice village of Ilonse.
Gélas – Southwest ridge
After the snow fall of last week, I was excited to start a new ski touring season. The snow starts at 2200m so I decided to go at Madone de Fenestre and climb the Gélas (3143 m). The conditions were not so good when I started ; very strong wind and frozen snow. I skied […]