We went climbing with Alix, a new climbing partner who just moved to the region. Our goal was to explore a new crag called La Jungle, in Gorges du Loup. Following our instincts (and some references we found on the internet ;) we parked our car by the road and went straight into the jungle.
Not everybody can access the crag: steep dirt paths, dense vegetation and crossing a river, are some of the challenges you will face. Fortunately there are kairns marking the way to go, and a few static ropes on the steepest parts. Although the approach is not really long (around 10 minutes), it's already a good warm up.
La jungle is divided in two parts:
The rock on the left is vertical and shorter, with a huge roof in the upper part. Some of the routes have 2 anchors, as difficulty increases drastically in the roof.
On the right hand side routes are quite long (around 30m). Even though there is no huge roof, they are slightly overhanging and sustained.
Alix on-sighted the four routes we tried. I had trouble in some of them:
BB Geek, 5c (on-sight)
Comme quoi, le caca tient, 6a+ (on-sight)
De la terre et des hommes, 6b (missed a foot hold, on-sighted otherwise) :-(
Ptit insupportable diurne, 6b+ (chained-up in top-rope, headlamp)
Comme quoi, le caca tient, 6a+ (on-sight)
De la terre et des hommes, 6b (missed a foot hold, on-sighted otherwise) :-(
Ptit insupportable diurne, 6b+ (chained-up in top-rope, headlamp)
I created a map that explains how to access the crag. Please follow the kairns and keep an eye on the rocks above you (I don't guarantee exact precision).
Although the crag has been equipped a short time ago, routes are not too dusty.
I truly recommend visiting it, routes on the right hand side are really nice.
Many thanks to jegrimpe.com for the topo.
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