ECI 38 trust us again! After the digital guide of the désert de l'écureuil, it's now the turn of Saint-Paul de Varces to see the day on our digital platforms!

A very long cliff, not easy to take in picture because of trees at the foot of the routes; a meticulous work between artist graphic designer and hard-working bolters, meticulous and careful to the smallest details.

A first visit of Hervé Rondeau in 2000 is limited (scared by hunters squatting the bottom of the crag) to the equipment of two routes in a very high area ... to be continued.

Under the initiative of Philippe Peyre and Philippe Gay, St Paul finally removed from anonymity in 2003 with few routes in the Sex St Paul and St Paul Spot sectors.

In 2010, back to business: Thierry Bienvenu invited many ECI bolters to banquets, including the "trainee", "Yush" and the return of the "wolf" ... (See History Genesis St -Paul on www.eci38.fr).

This period sees the extension of the sector Second couteaux and the opening of Tous bourrins, Polenta, Vire du Silence, Conquête d'épaule and Stagiaire.

In 5 years the number of routes goes from 10 to more than 80! A nice example of collective equipment.

Today, the guide made by all this small world and published on our ClimbingAway apps proposes a great variety of routes.

The level remains quite demanding with more than 40 routes in the 7th degre, but the climber of 6th will find his happiness with as many routes. There will also be two 8a and 4 "unrealized" routes ... And a few more projects!

As usual, by buying a ClimbingAway digital guide, you contribute to the maintenance and development of the crags. Much of the revenue going back into the local economy through ECI 38.

So do not hesitate, at € 3.49 the guide, there is no comparison!

     Again ! We propose the second ClimbingAway photo contest! Amazing pictures has been send last year and we gave many gifts to the 20 first one. Lot's of nice prizes: Men or Women shirts, free digital guides ...

Like last year, you can send up to 5 climbing photos with the name of the site concerned to:

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      Join your name, your postal address and the operating system of your smartphone (iOS / Apple or Android).

      For those who will take the opportunity to try out the climbing photo, look at the best pictures we already have might be helpful :)

Good luck to everyone !

The topos of Céuse and Corsica underwent a huge facelift embedding important updates provided by the authors of the offical paper guidebooks.

And of course, those who have already purchased the topos benefit from these free updates / improvements!

Céüse: the big update!

     The new edition of the paper guide was released in 2018 and Laurent Girousse provided us with all the updates that we reported on our digital guides. Hundreds of additional routes, adjustments / refinements of grades, new sectors (colors of autumn, Lumineuse, Butterfly) bolted by newcomers. In a nutshell, a guide almost made from scratch :)

      What is obvious in this update is also the huge work of historical research that the authors have done. Indeed, the crews behind the genesis of almost every channel (among more than 600 indexed!) are indicated. This is an important information for the authors / climbers / crew who can recompose a piece of history of the cliff. About that, the Android app has been updated (see below).

As usual, Céuse can be bought on our apps, in its "entirety" or by packs / sectors:    

• COMPLETE guide
• East faces
• West faces
• South faces (buyable by sectors : Face de Rat, Demi-Lune, Berlin, Biographie, Beau mouv')

Corsica: il totale !

     Corsica has also seen a big update, coupled with the birth of new packs. You now have access to all the sporting crags of Corsica up to date. Either a little more than 2000 routes!

The authors decided to propose the following division:

• The FULL guide
• The region "Grand Sud"
• The region "Center"
• The region of Ajaccio
• The region of Balagne and Porto
• The region of Bastia

      In each pack, you can buy guides unitary and again, an amazing job has been done by Thierry Souchard and Bertrand Maurin to offer a maximum of information, news (including the new area of La Lonca which has the big advantage of being climbable in summer) and bolters most of the time. In addition, a lot of additional information has appeared for guides buyers with a lot of practical information.

iOS and Android apps evolutions

     To be able to treat and displays theses informations, iOS and Android apps has been updated with some new features :

     First, a new text area appears when a guide has been purchased. It is a riched text box that allows authors to give a lot of details to buyers of their guides. It can be found in "Miscellaneous information" on iOS and "More details" on Android. Don't forget the access plan that appears in the Android menu when it is available.

     Finally, each route can be enriched with information such as comments from the authors, height, interest sometimes and bolters names (we talked about it above). Under iOS, a double tap on the route allows to have this detail. On Android, it was a long press and it was not very intuitive. So we added a little button "i" to make it more obvious.

     A big up to Max and Guigui, our 2 Android developers who take on their free time to develop the app. New features are coming soon!

     Thanks also to CamCam which is a smartphone noob and denounces everything that is not intuitive :)    

     Klemen Bečan is a top climber. He started climbing when he was 7 years old and he still climbs with the same passion as on the day he grabbed the first holds. At first he just liked to climb and soon started to train more seriously for the competitions and in 1997 he became youth world champion. In 2008 he won lead world cup competition in Kranj and later he got two 2nd places in bouldering world cups.
Since always he preferred traveling and exploring new outdoor climbing spots in real rock where he was also an active bolter. He bolted new routes in more than 10 different countries. He’s preferred climbing style is “On Sight” and he might tell you that he doesn’t like the grades. Still he managed somehow to climb all the way up to 9a+ and he’s proud of it.

     Klemen Bečan likes to climb and he feels better up, high in the wall than on the ground. This is why his favorite rout is a multi-pitch he bolted in Drašnice in Croatia. The route Roctrip which he graded 8c+ is one of the hardest of the kind in the world. But who cares, the view from the middle of the wall is just amazing!

     Klemen is still climbing around the world today and he propose as well to share his experience on his website and during organized session for all thoses who wants to improve their climbing and share his passion. The next organized session will be this autumn on the beautiful Kalymnos island.

     La saison estivale est bien avancée et la canicule va bien finir par prendre fin. Nous allons pouvoir nous diriger vers les régions du Sud, alors pourquoi pas la Corse ? L'escalade y a été fortement développée ces dernières années par Adrien, Nastro et d'autres... Forts de leur savoir faire en matière d'équipement, ils ont développé des nouveaux secteurs entiers. Tyroliana, Le Barring, 3G, Mescaline pour n'en citer que quelques-uns, ils permettent de grimper au frais l'été et dans tous les niveaux du 5 au projet ! Et puis le Sud c'est aussi le magnifique col de Bavella avec ses mythiques tafonis dont les images nous font toujours autant baver ... Au final 14 sites et presque 500 voies à installer sur vos smartphones et tablettes :) L'été indien sera Corse !