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  Day 1: 50 km ride from Grenoble to the base of the peak.(R to L)Micha, Mathias, and Clement joined me part of the way. |
 After a stunningly beautiful ride I stopped at the final col overlooking the peak, pulledout the trusty ol' bag and crawled in for what I was hoping would be a good night's sleep (since I had to get up at 5:30am to meet Julien down the road, who was driving there). So 10pm rolls around and a couple stops at the col to take pictures of the sun setting on the peak. And off they went in 15 minutes. Phew! 10:30 rolls around. It's now dark and there's no way anyone else would want to stop here. Ha!!! Suddenly a car pulls up with soft rock blasting from its windows. I don't breath, hiding behind the tall grass in my black bag. The dude doesn't see me, and I doubt he'll stay long. What's there to do here in the dark, alone? Ha!!! 12:30am rolls around. The guy's still there, as is his awful MUSIC!!! What the hell is he doing? I hear tinkling, clanking a computer starting up and repeated violent swearing! I doze off, not daring to look. 1:30am rolls around and suddenly, behind several swearwords, a lawnmower engine goes off. What the HELL is this guy doing! Aaaaaaahhh. This lasts until 2:30am, when finally he packs up tools, computer, swearwords, and THANK GOD the CD which he's had on repeat the entire time, and drives off in a flurry. So much for a good night's sleep! Yeech. |
 Evening shot of our destination, with our route marked in red. Saweet. |
 Our route from the base. Wicked trad diedre at the top!!! |
 First pitch. First multipitch pitch for Julien! |
 View north from somewhere on the route back at the approach I did by bike. Saweeeeet! |
 Closeup of the wicked diedre. |
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 The soccer field on top, surrounded by cliffs. |
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 The descent gully. |
 Final 50m rappel. Very cool! |
