[saltbeef]

i think that he was being sarky. by the way keithinator nice power scream!
jim where are these pics?

[dobbin]

He sounds quite pleased to have climbed a lowly 8a+ doesnt he? Imagine what would happen if(when) he gets up an 8b?!

[neil h]

ask  unc what he really shouted when he got to the top     


anyway bleau only give it soft 8a

[unclesomebody]

http://bleau.info/mammouths/2130.html 

pictures of caminati show the sequence in daylight.

[account_inactive]

Looks pretty cool.  That young kid caminati is an Italian crusher!

Did you guy's climb alot at night? if so what were the conditions like and what lighting did you use

[unclesomebody]

Indeed. Caminati is a monster.

We climbed at night a few times with mixed results. I would say that if  you can be bothered to wake up at 5am you will get better conditions in the morning than at night. When we went to UBIK it was about 11pm and it wasn't exactly cold, still about 14C (whereas it had been about 18-20C in the day). I think that if you were to graph the temperature throughout the day you would find that the percentage difference between midday and midnight is smaller than between 5am and midday. What I'm saying is it will be cooler in the morning. But then you face the problem of possible condensation/moisutre/dampness depending on what the weather/temperature has been like during the night. It was slightly cooler at night but not massively so. If you're in font and it's warm in the day then you might as well wait until the evening. Saying that, we witnessed local beasts crushing in the afternoon/early evening heat.

The light we used was one of these;


It is certainly light enough for most boulder problems and combined with a head torch you don't encounter any shadows. If you are going to use a lantern it's worth modifying a tripod to hold it at a decent height or to put it in a nearby tree.

[Nibile]

michele is really a monster and a very nice guy, alas not the best one to party all night with!!
to say hes focused is nothing.

[Jim]

Photos at last 

[Nibile]

more, more!

[a dense loner]

if you're wondering what that strange mark on my fod is i walked into a tree branch, i did not get smacked with a culinder

[neil h]

nice one jim, good pics.


or all those interested, I have just come back from a glorious weekend in the forest to hot to climb, but dod manage to sign all the paperwork for the new house


this is a link for it http://www.roncevaux.com/detail.php we should be in 22nd july, so watch out for cheap accom

[unclesomebody]

AMAZING! Can I please book for a few months later in the year? Perhaps November, December, January, February, March.... I'm not joking. We'll come to some sort of arrangement for work!

Best of luck with the move!

ps.

nice one jim, good pics.


or all those interested, I have just come back from a glorious weekend in the forest too hot to climb, but dod manage to sign all the paperwork for the new house


this is a link for it http://www.roncevaux.com/detail.php we should be in 22nd july, so watch out for cheap accom

It couldn't have been that hot because local beast Antoine managed an 8A and an 8A+ on Sunday. 

[Nibile]

yeh, he (antoine) phoned me yesterday and told me:
alo' nibile' ze forest is very good in zeese days, so dont wory for ze shoulder and just come here.

[neil h]

It couldn't have been that hot because local beast Antoine managed an 8A and an 8A+ on Sunday. 
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It was 32 yesterday, rocher greau wasnt so bad with all hte trees, managed a 7b and that highball 7a+ next to megalithe

but yes unc you can stay, I have your room ready and waiting in he guest house. you can come work for me

[account_inactive]

this is a link for it http://www.roncevaux.com/detail.php we should be in 22nd july, so watch out for cheap accom

Congrats, looks brilliant.  Something that Font has been crying out for

[a dense loner]

a bold move boss hogg, hope it pays off

[neil h]

a bold move boss hogg, hope it pays off

yes me too, but no reasom why it shouldnt, big party when we move in   

[a dense loner]

ok thats the second reason to go to font in summer
jim will only stay if it has an open fire and he has to chop the wood himself

[Jim]

only if I can bring my chainsaw (when I get it back from obi-wan) and an assortment of axe's and mauls.

Let us know when the party is Neil, I'll be keen

[neil h]

only if I can bring my chainsaw (when I get it back from obi-wan) and an assortment of axe's and mauls.

Let us know when the party is Neil, I'll be keen

yes there are few trees you can chop down, about 1000000 acres of them.


If all goes to plan maybe august bank holiday party time, shouldnt be to hot then either any 10 minute walk to the rocks

[neil h]

nice one jim, good pics.


or all those interested, I have just come back from a glorious weekend in the forest to hot to climb, but dod manage to sign all the paperwork for the new house


this is a link for it http://www.roncevaux.com/detail.php we should be in 22nd july, so watch out for cheap accom

right guys, those french barstewards as so friking slow, we just heard we wont be getting in till the end of august begining of september, good news is it should be up and running just intime for all the cold weather

[neil h]

So who will be going out for the half term.


With a bit of luck the house should be ready then, the french have got our money and they recon 2/3 weeks tops till we move

[Jaspersharpe]

Think we're gonna be out for one of the two weeks.

[neil h]

im thinking if we are in about having a little P.A.R.T.Y on the weekend.

Dont think any of the gites will have furniture then, but plenty of florr space to crash on

[chappers]

ROLL CALL!
i will be there with my driver christian waller and spotter smitthy.

you starting a business out there then neil? you going to save us from the F1 on future trips?