We have had a great few days away in France, where we visiting several interesting climbing areas in the Ecrin, spring is there and the ski slopes have all closed now. I still have to down load one of the cameras, but I hope these do for now. On our return to Chamonix we climbed at Rochers Blanc which has superb technical, steep but slab like and frictionless limestone, all routes are polished and the local climbers who know the place seem to mange fine with some interesting grunting and falling onto the solid bolts. For people new to the crag anything above 5C+ is well hard especially for on an aging ice climbing hippy like me! The slate quarrys of Wales came into to mind although Rocher Blanc has nothing so intimidating! Rehearsing the moves was necessary for me..., its well bolted so its fun.... and it's then that one realises how handy bolts can be! But oh, now we are back in Scotland, the weather is looking good for this weekend. Looking forward to going back to traditional climbing, bolts have their uses! ( Although I do feel we should try and keep them on the other side of the Channel!) Anyway, there is nothing better than working out the best line and placing your own protection...... so thats the plan for this coming weekend.
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