Briancon and Orpierre

After my rehab in Ettringen we went to the area of Briancon in the southern Alps... we spent there 10 days of hiking, cycling and climbing... good for my recovery.

We climbed in Reotier, Le Cala, Rocher Baron and other nice spots!

 First stop was in La Grave, we spotted the Meije North Face with some fresh snow, to the left there is the direct route through the North Face, one of my objects for july...

Because the weather in the Alps kept unstable we went further south to Orpierre... they released a new guide book last year with some spectacular routes to the far right... really cool yellow/golden limestone. long routes about 35 metres up to 6c+, great.

After 6 days climbing in Orpierre on our way home we drove to Cogne/Aosta. The place where I already spent weeks ice climbing in winter. I wanted to show Marieke the valley and I also was really curious about how it would be to see all the water in summer what is ice in winter... and it was great. It was warm, it was green, it was quite! I showed Marieke all the routes includig detailed descriptions about the belays somewhere in the water now...

 checking out Stella Artice...

 Tuborg and Coyote...

 some serious river crossing next day... so much water...

and the famous Lillaz Gully