Archive for Rumpe Cuou
Rumpe Cuou, Sormiou, in an electricity ad
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Travel with tags advertising, big wall, CIRM, climbing, CO2, EDF, Electricité de France, electricity, greenwashing, Le Monde, Luminy, Marseille, massif des Calanques, mountain guide, Rumpe Cuou, Sormiou on July 15, 2025 by xi'an
mare e monti [climbing up Rumpe Cuou]
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Running, Travel with tags CIRM, farniente des oursins, la Koweit, lead climbing, mare e monti, Marseille, massif des Calanques, multipitch, Parc National des Calanques, rock climbing, Rumpe Cuou, Sormiou on December 18, 2018 by xi'an
While at CIRM for Bayes for Good and Big Bayes workshops, I went again climbing with Nicolas, a guide from Cassis. As we had picked a day when the mistral (a local Northeasterner) was high and made climbing unpleasant and freezing, Nicolas picked a domain on the `other’ side, that was completely protected and started from the sea and went up in the sun, the wind only hitting us at the top, after six pitches, most of which I managed to lead.
We proceeded fast enough to get down for a second route, just as pleasant, finishing at the top as the Sun was setting down behind the islands below us. A well-chosen set of levels (5b, 5c) and rock-types like slab for my level and a nice conslusion to three climbing outings within a month. (Note that most pictures of our route are not mine as my camera battery went down before we even started.)
sunset on Riou Island [jatp]
Posted in Mountains, pictures, Travel with tags archipel de Riou, Île de Riou, CIRM, jatp, mare e monti, Marseille, massif des Calanques, Parc National des Calanques, rock climbing, Rumpe Cuou, Sormiou, sunset on November 30, 2018 by xi'an
