20 January 2010

1st scramble of the Decade

 “Sounds interesting” was Howard’s reply to my text suggesting the “Mont Herault -> La Carriere Torode” scramble on Sunday.  Glorious weather saw Howard, Andrea and I have a thoroughly enjoyable afternoon of gully jumping, speleology, boulder hopping, beachcombing and slithering through squeezes! We successfully negotiated the tricky ‘Ali’s passage’ and Howard even had a go at the ‘high squeeze’ on the Pierced Stack.  His feet were virtually all the way through, but apparently he was too muscular to make it all the way, so it still awaits a ‘first extrusion’ if anyone fancies a go!  Lots of photos on the club facebook pages, but here’s a taster:-

 

Mark Page