Climbing in Deverse
Deverse Satanic (8a+) video
Climbing and Running in Verdon
Saturday: Rock Climbing in Verdon, Hulk area We went to the Hulk sector. We parked at the Point Sublime which is not the closest parking… The walk to the cliff crosses the Verdon with a Tyrolien and goes up on ladders and a step trail. The Hulk cliff is nice and offers ~20 routes from […]
Trail: St Sauveur sur Tinee – Longon
This trail starts at the village of St Sauveur sur Tinee (510m) and make a loop along the GR 52A and the GR 5 up to Longon (1941m) in the Mercantour National Park.
Trail: Boreon – Cime de Agnelliere – Trecolpas
This weekend we made a short Trail around the Boreon (Mercantour Park). We left the Vacherie of Boreon (1660m) and went up to the Pas des Roubines (2106m) and all the way to the Cime de l’Agnelliere (2700m).
Trail: Mont Saint Sauveur
This trail is one of the very few with 2000 meters of continuous climb in a relatively short distance (7.5 km). It starts in the Valley of Tinee, 6km after the village of St Sauveur sur Tinee at 670 meters. It goes in the forest, passes the Vacherie de St Sauveur and continues straight in […]
Ama Dablam 6856 m, Nepal
Ama Dablam, 6856 m, is an spectacular Nepalse peak, just a few kilometers South of Everest. Philippe and Jean-Marc climbed the Southwest Ridge. AS often off season, they were less than 10 climbers on the mountain.
Climbing video of Trace Directe at Castillon
The last weekends we’ve been to the best winter cliff around Nice: Castillon. Good opportunity to make a video of a nice route: Trace directe, 8a: The topo of Castillon sector is here.
Endurance Trail Templiers 2009
One of the oldest and most famous Ultra distance race in France. The 2009 edition of the Endurance Trail des Templiers was 112 km long and 4450 meters of climb.
Gasherbrum II 8035 m, Gasherbrum I 8068 m
Philippe teamed up with Gorgan and Serap to climb Gasherbrum II (8035 m) and Gasherbrum I (8068 m). As often in Karakoram, the weather has been terrible and they couldn’t rich neither top. Nevertheless, the raw beauty of these peaks, the difficult access of the Baltoro and the tough conditions make it a place like no others.
Everest Sky Race, Nepal
The Everest Sky Race is probably one of the nicest trail running races in the world. It takes place in the Khumbu regnio in Nepal, around famous 8000 meters; Cho Oyu (8153 m), Lhoste (8501 m), Lhoste Shar (8383 m), Makalu (8463 m) and Mt. Everest (8850 m).
Carstensz Pyramid 4884 m, West Papua
Carstensz Pyramid is the highest peak of the seventh continent (Australia/Oceania). The route is technically easy but with the rebels, the political situation and the gold mine close by, getting to the mountain has been a major challenge… After Carstensz’ ascent, Philippe became the 7th Frenchmen to complete the 7 Summits challenge.
Mount Vinson 4892 m, Antarctica
Mount Vinson is the highest mountain of Antarctica, only 1200 km away from the South Pole. The challenges are the remoteness, extreme temperatures, wind but the route is not too difficult. Philippe was the 17th French to climb Mt. Vinson, his 6th 7 Summits.