Photos by thomasribiere

One of the many roadsigns I photographed during my USA trip. If anyone can send me a pic of the Las Vegas roadsign showing a family of ducks (there's at least one in the city and I didn't photograph it), I would appreciate it.

Late May 2005. Do you recognize this famous rc.comer? One of the many rainy/snowy days of spring 2005. I was cold every night...

Taken from the bottom of the Mer de Glace. February 2007. Canon Digital Ixus 850IS.

Taken from La Flégère. February 2007. Canon Digital Ixus 850IS.

Aiguille du Midi, as seen from the Chalet. February 2007. Canon Digital Ixus 850IS.

Saoû is a forest located on a perched limestone synclinal : almost all faces of this geological feature can be climbed. Sport, Trad, Aid. Single pitches, multi-pitch routes. Everything. And it's in Provence, east of Montélimar. Here you can see Roche Colombe (left) and La Poupoune (right) which are on the west extremity of Saoû. January 2007. Canon Digital Ixus 850IS.

Florent in "Toujours Plus Haut, Plus Loin" a 22 m high 7a (.11c) in Chambly, one of my ex-local crags. March 2007, not long before sunset.

Florent in the crux of this 5.11a : pushing on a 2-finger pocket for the right hand, and left hand reaching for a crimper. Not good for the tendons.

Lionel is holding a "sac à pof". It's a piece of fabric in which you put a mix of rosin and chalk or pure chalk, then close with a lace or cordelette. The loose side is used to hit the rock to put dust and chalk away, while the filled-in side is used to put chalk on your hands through the stitches of the fabric.

Lionel using the loose side to remove old chalk from the rock. It's less effective than the recycled toothbrush, but quicker and easier for higher holds.

Lionel in another attempt of this V5/V6. The right hand is difficult to handle, especially when you have to hold a "lolotte" on it to reach the overchalked sloper.

The shady north face of the Grandes Jo' as seen from the Aiguille du Midi, with the Arêtes de Rocherfort on their right after the pass. In the middle, left of the Grandes Jo' are the Petites Jorasses and the Aiguille des Leschaux. In the left background is the Monte Rosa massif. In the foreground are the wonderful Périades with the Glacier des Périades at the bottom.

Drus west face as seen from the bottom of the Mer de Glace. With a wonderfull ice cascade at the bottom of the slopes. February of 2007.

West Faces seen from the Aiguille du Midi, from left to right : the Drus (with the Aiguille de Chardonnet in the background!), the snowy Aiguille Verte (with Grande Rocheuse and Aiguille du Jardin on its right), the Col de la Verte (with the Aiguille d'Argentière appearing in the background!), the Droites, the Col des Droites (with A Neuve and Tour Noir in the background?) the Courtes, and finally the Aigullie de Triolet on the far right. In the foreground are the Aiguilles de Chamonix (Charmoz, Grépon, Blaitière, Plan...). February of 2007.

First attempt by Lionel in this powerful V5/V6 on the Capelle's sandstone.

Max making this red V1/2 at his first try. It took me 8 tries on the day to do it.

Francis on a classic V1, La Fissure Rouge, at Rocher Fin, Fontainebleau.

Ain't that a nice hold? Photographed in La Canche aux Merciers, Fontainebleau.

David (jumpingrock) leading on limestone in the Forêt de Saoû before the rain. Notice that he is wearing a helmet on a 1-pitch sport route. Canadians...

For the one who are a bit familiar with foreign affairs of the 80's, you'll notice how this rock feature looks like the late François Mitterrand, a former french President.

uasunflower struggling in Le Tube Neural (6c+, 5.11b), the most famous (and polished) route of Seynes, not far from Montpellier.

Renaud in Seynes, pulling hard.

These gorges, south of the Gorges du Tarn (look for climbnow1's pictures) are famous among climbers for its multipitch routes on wonderful rock features and its vultures.

A wonderful arete in the Gorges de la Jonte