Archive - 2008 - Blog entry | Petzl

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Argentina. El Tuzgle

Un mois en Argentine, 20 jours dans le désert à 4200 m, du soleil, du vent, des lamas, des indiens, encore du soleil, et des blocs...des blocs et des falaises tout autour de nous. Bienvenido al Tuzgle. Un site majeur, qui mérite 100 fois les 4 jours de voyage depuis la France pour y accéder...

30/12/2008 - In the field Read more

ski and... injury

Skiing is another activity I really enjoy... Like all the kids from here, I ski since I'm 2 years old. I'm not an amazing skior but I love it. A skiing day with your friends in the powder is always a great day, bringing smile on the faces, laugh and good feelings...

18/12/2008 - In the field Read more

Weak go home

Reaching the new 'super crag' above the Spanish town of Oliana the first thing you see is a huge tufa, like a fat drainpipe of poured grey concrete stretching down from the summit. Automatically you see the weakness, finding the link between the ground and the top. You want to get up this cliff and this is the way!

18/12/2008 - In the field Read more

Weak go home

Reaching the new 'super crag' above the Spanish town of Oliana the first thing you see is a huge tufa, like a fat drainpipe of poured grey concrete stretching down from the summit. Automatically you see the weakness, finding the link between the ground and the top. You want to get up this cliff and this is the way!

18/12/2008 - In the field Read more

Some Training

News - Premier UK bouldering venue perfect for power endurance training.
Which is a relief as getting outside has been tough this year with constant rain from June onwards. Any route fitness I’d gained drained away even faster than my enthusiasm. The news of a training venue for route climbers comes as a bitter blow for the boulderers who have enjoyed pure power problems for a while and don’t see the point in getting pumped.

26/11/2008 - In the field Read more

Some Training

News - Premier UK bouldering venue perfect for power endurance training.
Which is a relief as getting outside has been tough this year with constant rain from June onwards. Any route fitness I’d gained drained away even faster than my enthusiasm. The news of a training venue for route climbers comes as a bitter blow for the boulderers who have enjoyed pure power problems for a while and don’t see the point in getting pumped.

26/11/2008 - In the field Read more

Navalameca 70's - the movie

When 15 climbers meet a strange guru from nowhere, nobody knows what will happen... Bouldering Video - Navalameca 70's The movie of the event, which took place in Spain (Navalosa), with all the Petzl team...

26/11/2008 - In the field Read more

Petit cadeau de dame nature quelque part en Chartreuse...

Hier soir 2 amis, mon frère et moi sommes montés faire une petite
ballade nocture en Chartreuse, histoire de tester la résistance de nos
duvets et de faire quelques photos. Et bein, on a pas été déçus... Jugez vous même. Photo de nuit. Dément !!! 6h15, les premières lueurs du jour.

15/11/2008 - In the field Read more

the cheap repport

Ok, so theres coming a good one in the near future, when I get back home. This repport of my ongoing trip is not so posh but I still felt I had to do a little update. Anyways...

14/11/2008 - In the field Read more

Roctrip Zillertal - the video

The movie of the Roctrip Zillertal [26mn].
Inside the Team... with many interviews, but also pure action shots in rock climbing & bouldering. Team Petzl took RocTrip to the granite wonderland of Zillertal, Austria
the summer of 2008. The international star power was unrivaled, with
the best climbers from Spain, USA, Sweden, France, Canada, Great-Britain, the
Netherlands and Iran all throwing themselves at the boulders and cliffs
of this magical valley.

06/11/2008 - In the field Read more