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Rod's Euro 2009 - Trip Report ~ with updates! 17-Jun-2009 At 12:41:08 AM rod

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Checked out a potential project at Les Sommetres and decided I don’t have the time to invest right now, kinda bummed because there’s two really nice looking boulder problems in it but such is life.

That decided we split for Valais over the weekend. Saturday passed at Bramois with the morning spent between the very appropriately named sector Folle Illusion and at another sector on a very appropriately named route “Balustrade de la Chagrin”. Spent the afternoon climbing with Gaynor on single pitch routes between 5c and 6a, some nice and some so, so; weird bolting in general. Sunday we climbed at Pierre Avoi, photo, which dominates the Rhone Valley and has played a reasonable part in our climbing evolution. Alpine bolting on the big face routes so come equipped with the skills to onsight everything at the max grade stated, they’re almost all obligatory passages of climbing. Recommended: Eureka, Pierre a Roi and Mecca but pretty much all the multi’s on the face are nice. Guidebook: Entremont, Olivier Roduit. Hooked up with Regis & Laurence for the day, met John Fawkes (?) aussie climbing guide, then afterwards we hooked up with Fabrice and Cyril for the last BBQ in Cyril & Francois’ mythic Chalet d’Arbaz...late night.