dijous, 7 de juny del 2012

Descobrint, escalant - Discovering, climbing

Aquesta vegada he deixat força espai desde que vaig fer l'ultima entrada al blog, però de vegades les obligacions, el no parar....la MANDRA...van guanyant terreny a aquest petit diari viatger-esportiu. Que hi farem? La veritat es que mai m'ho he posat com una obligació i escric quan el temps m'ho permet i en tinc ganes.

Doncs mentres he deixat passar el temps, no us penseu pas que m'he quedat parada, NOOOO!!! això mai!!! He fet força coses aprofitant que entre alguns dies de pluja hem pogut gaudir de temperatures estivals i amb un sol que s'assembla al de Barcelona.

Fa un parell de setmanes (potser tres ja...) vaig anar a Annecy de nou (ja us n'havia parlat en un altre post d'aquest poble) i vaig anar-hi amb un parell d'amics, el Rafa i el Jean-Pascal (aquest últim viu allà) i vam passar un dia encantador descobrint nous llocs que no havia vist l'altra vegada i vam pujar al Col de la Forclaz, un paissatge idílic ple de coses interessants a fer, rutes, parapent, escalada... Tot i que aquest era un dia de total relax, em guardo la ubicació a l'agenda com: lloc pendent a explorar i escalar! :)

Una setmana després vaig tornar a l'Alta-Savoia (Alps Francesos) i m'hi vaig passar un parell de dies. Tot i que hi anava amb una previsió del temps que feia plorar (pluja intensa durant tres dies), vaig anar-hi igualment! Vaig pensar: ves-hi i si més no, descansaràs i desconnectaràs i mira no ho vaig fer malament del tot!
Vaig estar a un poblet que es diu Sixt-Fer-À-Cheval i que té un paissatge alpí increible amb infinitat de rutes. El primer dia d'estar allà em vaig arriscar i vaig decidir anar a fer una ruta que ja tenia planejada, em vaig dir: fins on la pluja et deixi!! i vaig tirar, i al final vaig fer una ruta xulíssima d'unes 4 hores pel
"Cirque du Fer-à-Cheval".

I aquestes ultimes dues setmanes he aprofitat per escalar bastant. He fet la primera sortida a la roca (ja tocava després de l'hivern) i evidentment he estat entrenant al mur indoors. He descobert un lloc que no queda massa lluny de Ginebra, St. George (Vaud) i que té unes vies que no estàn malament, semblen fàcils a primera vista, però quan et trobes al mig de la pared...mmm...qui diu que l'escalada es fàcil? M'ENCANTA!!!!

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It has passed long time since I wrote the last post on the blog but some times the todo's, the non-stops...and the LAZINESS...keeps me away of this small trip-sportive diary. Nothing to do!! I always thought about writing as entertainment, not as an obligation.

So, while the time was passing by, I kept myself as active as usual!!! I NEEEVER stay quiet!! I have done lots of things taking advantage of the weather. Between some rainy days, we enjoyed of high  temperatures and an amazing likely "Barcelona-sun"

Maybe two (or three) weeks ago I went back to Annecy (I already talked about this town on another post). This time I went there with two friends, Rafa and Jean-Pascal (the last one lives on there) and we spent a charming day discovering new places. We went to Col De La Forclaz, an idilic landscape full of activities like hikings, paragliding, climbing...even though that day was just to relax I put on my notebook a remind as: place to explore and climb! :)

One week later, I went to Haute-Savoie (French Alps) for about two days. Despite the weather forecast was awful (three days of heavy rains) I decided to go! I thought: just go, you will have a rest and you will enjoy of the quietness and I can say it wasn't that bad!
I stood in a tiny village called Sixt-Fer-À-Cheval and the alpine landscapes were awesome and there were lots of hikings to do. The first day I decided to risk and start the hike planned, I just told myself: until the rains stops you!! Finally I made one awesome hike that took me like 4 hours by the "Cirque du Fer-à-Cheval".

And during this last two weeks I have been climbing a lot. I have done my first trip outside after the winter and I have been training indoors as well. I have discovered a place close to Geneva, St. George (Vaud) where the routes are quite difficult! When you see them from down you think they are easy, but when you hang on the wall...mmm...who told climbing was easy? I JUST LOVE IT!!!!







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