provence

We drove down to the Mas Solige

for two nights. We were feeling a little trapped in Grenoble, and decided that it was due time for an escape. after all, how many times in our lives will we have such ready access to the South of France? Before checking into the gite, we went climbing at St. Leger du Ventoux

(topos here here and here). There was a big article in Grimper magazine this winter about how many easy routes have been put up there, but they fail to mention that "easy" seems to mean 6b+, which is a bit much for a warm up, and that most of the "easy" routes are on pretty questionable rock. Anyway, it was still fun, and I started working on a climb called "Kiwasi La maison qui Chante": Kiwasi, the house who sings (no idea what this means) ... but I got shut down.