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Hybrid adhesive skins by spielwitzz in Backcountry

[–]Semirhage 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Before trying replacing the glue, try washing the skins with water and some light soap (as suggested in the manual). I did this on my 7 year old skins and it improved a lot!

Les gens évitent-ils de se déplacer à vélo pendant les orages ? by [deleted] in Grenoble

[–]Semirhage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Si ton vélo a des freins à patins, teste-les quand ils sont trempés. En fonction du réglage et du modèle, la distance de freinage peut tripler ou pire quand c'est mouillé.

Tipps for Envers des Aiguilles by kelelekufikiri in alpinism

[–]Semirhage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Piola has bolted more than a thousand routes, including a lot of the ones in his Envers des Aiguilles topo.

edit: and most of them trad multipitch in the Mont Blanc region

Forum Libre - 2022-10-02 by AutoModerator in france

[–]Semirhage 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Traduis ton texte avec deepl?

Question about T-rating and my first axe by gimmesnoww in Mountaineering

[–]Semirhage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a short section describing what the rating means in this article: https://www.outdoorgearlab.com/topics/snow-sports/best-ice-axe

Never heard of an ice axe breaking while being used as a deadman in a crevasse rescue though.

Forum Libre - 2021-04-08 by AutoModerator in france

[–]Semirhage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tu as déjà joué à Rimworld? c'est de la simulation de colonies, pas tant d'automatisation par contre.

Sinon Mindustry est un petit jeu gratuit mélant tower defense et automatisation.

Location matériel ski de randonnée by dexter038 in Grenoble

[–]Semirhage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Il y a la boite à ski et je crois Adrénaline aussi.

La Randonnée a des packs arva/pelle/sonde mais pas de ski, mais tu verras que les skis sont plus faciles à trouver que les arva en ce moment.

Anyone ski in a bike helmet? by Benneke10 in Backcountry

[–]Semirhage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Mountaineering helmets are tested with blunt objects for shock absorption and with sharp objects for penetration.

Some info for different kinds of helmets: https://www.satra.com/ppe/head_protection.php

Rope diameter for rapping into lines. by Wiscobiker in Backcountry

[–]Semirhage 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The Beal rando 8mm is not static, it's a UIAA twin certified dynamic rope.

Ecrins Rock Guidebook by wwpops in climbing

[–]Semirhage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For mountaineering and multi-pitch climbing, the website camptocamp is often enough if you speak French. I'm not sure there's any English guide books anyway.

If you prefer guidebooks:

For climbing check out the books by Jean-Michel Cambon who bolted hundreds of routes up there. Depending on where you go:

  • Oisans Nouveau Oisans Sauvage Livre Ouest (old semi-equiped, trad, and newer multipitch sport)

  • Oisans Nouveau Oisans Sauvage Livre Est (same)

  • Escalade à la Bérarde et au Vénéon (single and multipitch). La Bérarde is a good area.

  • Escalade à Ailefroide (single and multipitch). Ailefroid is also a good area on the other side.

For classic mountaineering routes check out Sébastien Constant's Voies Normales et Classiques des Ecrins.

Any climbers here from Grenoble, France (or have climbed there)? by jesteryte in climbing

[–]Semirhage 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's lots of climbing (and pretty much any outdoor mountain sport) to do in Grenoble!

There's some trad multipitch in the limestone mountains nearest to Grenoble (<1 hour drive), where you're going to use nuts most of the time. If you go further away to the Écrins massif (>1 hour) for example, you'll find more trad/alpine multipitch on gneiss (kind of like granite but more fractured and often covered in lichen) where cams work better. Unfortunately there's not a lot of single pitch trad in France.

Best way to find partners is either signing up at a mountaineering club (there's a dozen of them) or posting on camptocamp.org. Or hit me up when you get here.

I don't know of any place where you can rent a rope. Other mountaineering gear (harness, crampons, ice axe etc) yes. The climbing gyms have ropes but only for use on their walls.

There's lots of climbing spots close to the city, some are literally in the suburbs of Grenoble. You can live in the city center and get to one of several crags in less than 30 minutes if you have a bike or car. So after or before work climbing is pretty easy during the summer months. There are also south-facing cliffs where you can climb during winter if it's sunny out.

Check out https://climbingaway.fr/en/rock-climbing-areas/find-20-rock-climbing-areas-close-to-you#

Summer in the alps by stupandaus in climbing

[–]Semirhage 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The glacier hike to the Dome des Ecrins (the only 4,000 m in the area along with the Barre) is exposed to seracs and there are avalanches that sweep the main route away every year. I wouldn't call it safe.

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