"A Climbing Life", a beautiful film made by Mathieu Henneteau

Not much really happening down here. I can't find anyone to climb with midweek, everybody is either away on holiday, working or revising for exams.

The crags are drying out nicely and we've been keeping fit for Elaine's imminent early retirement and our return to Greece this summer. Mostly we've been going to Art Bloc, Jurassic Park and Cayenne.

That reminds me, I haven't mentioned on this blog the excellent video (A Climbing Life) that Mathieu Henneteau (of H2M Images) made for us last year, showing the beautiful scenery in the Gorges du Loup and my favourite climb at Jurassic park (La Queue du Diplodocu, 8a+). It was great fun working with Mathieu, the filming took 2 days (1 day at the cliff and 1 day at our house). I had to go up the climb 3 times and Mathieu did a really thorough job with the editing, which took several months. The end result is amazing and it's now been seen by thousands of people around the world (no doubt it will lead to more climbers at our quiet cliff, but never mind). Thanks for a brilliant job and a wonderful souvenir, Mathieu. Chapeau! Here's the link for the video:

https://vimeo.com/310195153?fbclid=IwAR21xqJSC3bIBcdUqIq67D_vqvY19opBM3tBBdJnGUMGjQkBWwtc-289YoQ

Next week sees the arrival of my old climbing mate from the '80's; legend Phil Davidson. He's no longer one of the best climbers in the world but he's still cranking and having fun. I'm looking forward to showing him the crags and climbing with him again. Hopefully there'll be a "Loud and proud: Part 2" blog to follow soon.