POSTS REGARDING: Trail running
My First Route on the Island of La Réunion
We organized amongst ourselves and then made the walk into La Chapelle – a beautiful, narrow, and tall canyon. It was always to be the primary objective of our trip, and we’ve managed to establish a difficult 7 pitch route from the ground up. 6 of the pitches have been climbed free, but the most difficult – pitch 5 – which we think is 8c or 8c+, has not been completed. ...more
My first experience of ground up climbing
We camp out in the middle of La Réunion island, where the nearest town is called Cilaos and our camp site is about 1.30h of hiking from Cilaos. After 15m of climbing there is nothing to protect me to go next 8m and it's looked very hard. I wasn't sure that there will be the place to protect or not... [...] I knew how hard was the climbing... plus he placed the blot on hooks. I was surprised how he can manage to put the bolt... ...more
Let’s get started
Now all the team is on the island and we are leaving today for the main goal of the expedition; we will go in the wildest part of the island for 8 days to try to open some new routes from ground up on trad. I’m sure it is going to be an amazing experience and everybody is very happy and motivated to start. ...more
Landscapes of the Island
On Monday Jacopo, Yuji and Sam arrived... the expedition will properly start!
James and I have been hiking all around the island to find the best walls. Check out below few amazing shots from one of my childhood friend Thomas Duval. ...more
The Reunion – Surprises and wonders of a volcano
Two days in the trip. James and I have arrived in advance to check out our different options: Which canyon, what wall, in which circus, and how to approach? And what better way than asking the help of some local guys? For sure, I should be “a local’… but I have spent very little time [...] ...more
The what’s, where’s, and why’s…
Now that Caroline has explained what we would like to achieve on the island, its my turn to explain why, and what exactly it all means. Ground up simply means beginning from the floor and climbing to the top. There are a lot of ways one can accomplish this, but we would like to follow the style [...] ...more
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