Plaisir climbing in the french Provence
We grabbed a cafe au liat with a croissant amandé in town before we started that climbing day in the Provence. But as a person who don’t drink coffee all the time, it…
Climbing Frankenjura for Doldis – a beginners guide
Germany has a small climbing paradise in the middle of Bavaria. The Fränkische Schweiz aka Frankenjura has an enormous amount of bolted Jura rocks with grades ranging from 3 to 9a. Finger pockets,…
Sleep & climb high – cool Briançon Climbs in summer
Looking back at my last post on climbing in Val Durance or Briançon it has covered some of the most important areas of the region years back. We’ve been back. Again and again. The…
Climbing in Osttirol
It sounded real easy: “Cross the bridge, pass by the cows and ascend in 10 mins to the visible crag.” And we did just that, just to find ourselves in the midst of…
Climbing in the Dolomites – cool destinations
It wasn’t exactly a perfect summer for climbing in the Alps last year and it had to see a few attempts to check out some of the recent developments of the climbing areas in the…
Hiking to the Boulders at the Berliner Hütte – en route via Schönbichlerhorn, 3134m
The Berliner Höhenweg is a famous Trial in the Zillertaler Alps, taking you across a few awesome 3000m summits on a normal 7 day hike. For some Trail-Runners, an accomplish in 48 hours…
Summer climbing destinations in Europe
We’d complained enough about long, daunting, grey cold winters, and hey, summer is finally here. But temperatures soared up to a never before 37° and more made it unbearable to think of making…
Climbing in Val Durance – a perfect getaway for the summer
It took a while before the new guide-book came out again. And when it did, I was so happy to get it. Awesome looking lines and new areas in granite, conglomerate and limestone, all…
Climbing in Grenoble, France
We finally made it to the areas near Grenoble after dozens of recomendations from various climbers. Without much expectations and equipt with an 10 year old guide book from 1996 Val d´Isere, we…