Save the granite from mining !

In the area around Mayerhoffen, many climbing sites are threatened by the possible expansion of rock quarries. Certain classic sectors are also threatened with closure by their owners. The event would therefore be organized to support the association that protects the climbing areas from losing access. A new sport climbing area is developed for the event by Gerhart Hoerager, Jorg Verhoeven and their friends. The Petzl RocTrip offers a combination of routes and bouldering that covers both the old and new sectors.

The massive possibilities of the Boffi Cliff

This time, the Petzl RocTrip is one of the events at the Natural Games, which bring together many outdoor disciplines (freestyle kayaking, paragliding, downhill mountain biking and dirt jumping). This would be the last edition at the Boffi site, where new ultimate routes, as exciting as in previous years, were set up for the occasion. The women are particularly spoiled with a route on a huge arête, "Tête de Gondole" 8c, which would go down in style to Martina Cufar, Daila Ojeda and Florence Pinet.

Overhanging orange sandstone walls in the backwoods

An impressive sandstone massif lies well hidden in a forest near Lexington, Kentucky. The sandstone outcrops are horizontally striated and riddled with holes, with some extremely overhung areas... the site is a climbing paradise. This relatively recent discovery quickly pitted the interests of climbers against those of the oil industry!!! The area is used by oil companies, making cohabitation difficult.

Under the eye of the "Chief"

Another legendary North American site is chosen. It is in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada, on incredible granite... Everything is accessible in close proximity: boulders, sport climbing, trad crack climbing and big wall climbing on The Chief. As is common in North America, the funds generated by this event are destined for the Canadian organization for the protection of climbing sites, The Climbers' Access Society of British Columbia.

Discovery of a secret spot

The 2004 edition takes place in Cantobre, in the Gorges de la Dourbie. In a hidden meander, at the junction of the Trèvezel and Dourbie Rivers, rises a magnificent, orange and gray striped limestone cliff. Its "double-wave" overhang and the multitude of edgy pockets had been attracting local climbers for more than 15 years. Close to sixty lines had already been equipped, but for access and ownership reasons the site had been kept secret.

Combining bouldering and trad climbing

The following fall, the Petzl RocTrip crosses the Atlantic to the historical Shawangunks site, near New York city. Here again the goal is to raise funds for expenses linked to protecting climber access. The Shawangunks offer a terrain that is quite different from that of the previous events. It is both a bouldering and a trad climbing site.

The Ultimate Routes outdo the best climbers

Bringing the idea to the USA

Having proved a success in August in France, the concept is exported to the US with a few adaptations. The chaotic Buttermilks granite boulders (near Bishop, California) are already famous but the area needs funds to create parking and thus maintain access for climbers.

An innovative event concept

Having organized several bouldering competitions at Millau (Aveyron), Mickaël Pradayrol proposes that Petzl join with the Club Alpin Français to create a new type of event. The concept would be to gather youth, amateurs and pros at the base of a crag to share a climbing experience. There would of course be challenges created for everyone, but without any competitor number or isolation room. All participants would be invited to climb together in a friendly environment to share their passion for climbing.