Panchotexane, the bluebonnet of the Alps

Last week, with my friends Aude and Jerome, we went to a park of the region called La Chartreuse. A very famous mountain hike in Chartreuse is Chamechaude (2082m).

We were supposed to have a great and warm sun but instead it rained and a cold wind were freezing us.

To warm up, on the way down, we had a little coffee.

Despite the weather, we were happy cause the view was excellent and you always get satisfaction to achieve your goal.

What is the Moucherotte??

Moucherotte is the Eastern top of Vercors (1901m), In a previous post I already spoke about the Vercors.

The particularity of this place is the incredible view, cause it's dominating Grenoble.

I went with my friends Elodie and Aude.

Despite the nice and warm sun, I was wearing a sweatshirt.

It took us 1h30 to go up and 1h to go down.

We ended our day but rock climbing at "Le petit desert", nice place but very busy even during the week.

Aude climbing and me under the shadow of the tree.

Thanks to Aude for the pics.

Hello friends!!

Today, you'll follow our adventures in "the Barrage du Sautet".

This past week-end, we planed a via ferrata with Arno's friends and my friends.

We were not sure about the weather condition but we still decided to go for it.

It was an easy via ferrata in a nice looking environment.

See by youself, and enjoy the pics!!!

We started by going down, to get closer to the river

My friends Elodie, Aurelie and me

Then you follow the river

You go up again to reach the bridge

Reaching the bridge... nice view!!

The first bridge to cross

Here we go...

Guys turn...

Very relax!!!

Looks like the girls were relax too and very stylish!!! lol

Crossing the second bridge, we decided to have a little break and sit down to enjoy the view

The guys were following us...

From the left to the right:

Christophe, called "Chri", Nicolas called "Nico", Greg and Arnaud

We made the via ferrata in 2 hours.

Last sunday, I spent my day with my friends Aude and Jerome. We were lucky to have the greatest weather ever. Not too hot, not too cold and sunny.

We decided to first start by a little hike in the Vercors followed by rock climbing.

We went to La Corbiere, an easy 2 hours trail and the most interesting thing: a wonderfull view of Grenoble and the suburb.

Next we went to "Les Allieres", a small and quite rock climbing area.

Getting ready to climb

Aude's turn, she's got the style too!!

Thanks to Aude and Jerome for this great day!!!!

For those who are curious about Ardeche, I'll introduce Ardeche as a peaceful and charming departement of France. (See the map below for the location and this link: http://www.ardeche-guide.com/ )

It is known as a nice place for canoe Kayak, canyoning, hiking, rock climbing, music festival, wine and so... to be honest I really like that place. It's as nice as Isère or Drome to be fair lol!!

Well, let's get to the main subject: Chris; Last week-end he was celebrating his thirteenth birthday at his parent's place in Ardeche with all his friends.
His parents have this amazing big and old fashion south of France type of house. Plus, from their pool, they have this incredible view on a lake.

playing in the pool

View on the lake
playing beer pong
Martin



I was almost forgetting Martin, their little donkey, nice but very loud!! LOL

When we got there, we had the perfect weather to jump in the pool.
Later on, we played ping pong and petanque. A famous and typical game in France, for those who would like to know more about Petanque, I'll direct you to: http://petam.com/petanque.htm



Chris was really happy with his birthday presents, a nice camera and lots of little crazy things.
Chri looking for his presents
We all really had fun and all his familly was very nice.


Thanks a lot Chri for inviting us!!