France

Day 1

We arrived in Paris and shortly after checking into our little hotel, we started with the most important visit of all, to the Eiffel Tower. Ellery sat right down on the stairs behind the Trocadero and made her first sketch of the trip, a very good rendering of the Tower. After viewing the...

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shoshtrvls on March 19, 2003 from Paris, France

from the travel blog: France, Belgium and London (2003)

Re: Jump from a sree finger pocket - right hand

Yeah, it pretty much rules here. I think I'm better too. At least I've finally figured out how to work a route effectively. I got this 7b (.12b) on my 2nd redpoint attempt after an hour long session of working the thing on lead. Oh yeah, I took BIG WHIPPER number two the other day, at the...

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Jason Kester on August 7, 1998 from Sigoyer, France

from the travel blog: Europe, North Africa 1998

France avec Kesters

So not entirely all that much is new to report. I spent the last month camped out in this farmer's Field in Sigoyer, climbing at Ceuse and Orpierre. Now I'm in Paris preparing to reintegrate into society. Random french trivia: They have Pier 1 Imports here, but it's just called Pier...

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Jason Kester on August 7, 1998 from Paris, France

from the travel blog: Europe, North Africa 1998

Sorry for the big lapse in writing, but I've been in a little farming village for the last month and they arent all that big on the internet there (or phones for that matter). Anyway, I'm in Paris now and I fly out the 11th. I'll make my way to london in a couple days. I'm actually looking...

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Jason Kester on August 7, 1998 from Paris, France

from the travel blog: Europe, North Africa 1998

Mo' of da trip

So phase two of the trip took me to Buoux, this little town in the s. of France with big rocks and a cheap campground. It's takng a while to get calibrated to this overhanging pocketed limestone, but for the most part, climbing is going well. All the english speaking climbers bailed...

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Jason Kester on June 19, 1998 from Marseille, France

from the travel blog: Europe, North Africa 1998

Day 1

Arrived in Paris to discovery what an extraordinarily spoiled traveler I've become. Business class was decidedly less comfortable than I had anticipated, possibly owing in part to being in the smoking section. The amenities bag was less equipped and, horrors of horrors, I couldn't get a...

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shoshtrvls on May 1, 1993 from Paris, France

from the travel blog: Greece (1993)