Ascents: Ascents in Etang de Berre

	Grade	Route	Gear style	Quality	Climber
Fri 10th May 2024 - Etang de Berre
Les gorges de la Touloubre
	5a	I	Sport 18m		Adrien
	5a	H	Sport 18m		Adrien
	4c	G	Sport 18m		Adrien
	6a ~6b	Full contact	Sport 18m		Adrien
Mon 1st Jan 2024 - Etang de Berre
Château Virant Chiquita
	6b	★★ Directe de libération des obèses	Sport 25m	★★ Very Good	Bry
	6b+	★★ Libération des obèses	Sport 25m	★★ Very Good	Bry
Mon 1st Jan 2024 - Etang de Berre
Château Virant Farigoule
	6a	Lou cigaloun	Sport 15m		Bry
Mon 1st Jan 2024 - Etang de Berre
Château Virant Chiquita
	5c	★★★ Les spéléos	Sport 25m	★★★ Classic	Bry
	6b+	★ Chiquita	Sport 24m	Average	Bry
	6b	★★ Directe de libération des obèses	Sport 25m	★★ Very Good	Jno
	6b+	★★ Libération des obèses	Sport 25m	★★ Very Good	Jno
	6b+	★ Chiquita — 2 attempts	Sport 24m	★★ Very Good	Jno
Mon 1st Jan 2024 - Etang de Berre
Château Virant Farigoule
	6c	★★ Le ventre mou — 2 attempts	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good	Jno
Mon 1st Jan 2024 - Etang de Berre
Château Virant Juge Michel
	7a	★★ La baume	Sport 15m	★★ Very Good	Jno
Fri 29th Dec 2023 - Etang de Berre
Forêt de Castillon Secteur 2
	5b	★ 36 - with Val	Sport 8m	★ Good	James Allan
	5a	27 - with Val	Sport 8m	Average	James Allan
	5c	22 - with Val	Sport 8m	Average	James Allan
	5b	19 - with Val	Sport 8m	Don't Bother	James Allan
Thu 28th Dec 2023 - Etang de Berre
Cabasse Gauche
	5a Hard	D - with Val	Sport 10m	★ Good	James Allan
Mon 25th Dec 2023 - Etang de Berre
Château Virant Chiquita
	4a	Dernière heure - with Val	Sport 20m		James Allan
	4c	La locomotive et le petit oiseau - with Val	Sport 20m		James Allan
	4a	Samacasana - with Val	Sport		James Allan
Mon 25th Dec 2023 - Etang de Berre
Château Virant Farigoule
	5a+	★ Jeu d'ombres - with Val	Sport 14m	★ Good	James Allan
Sun 17th Sep 2023 - Etang de Berre
Château Virant Farigoule
	5a+	★ Jeu d'ombres	Sport 14m	★ Good	Paul Badenoch
Hard at the grade.
Sun 17th Sep 2023 - Etang de Berre
Château Virant Chiquita
	5b+	★ Libellé	Sport	★ Good	Paul Badenoch
Surprisingly awkward finish.
	5a	★ Dandy	Sport 24m	★ Good	Paul Badenoch
A grunty move or two.
Sun 17th Sep 2023 - Etang de Berre
Château Virant Flamby
	5b	L.A. pologie	Sport 24m	Average	Paul Badenoch
Tricky finish.
Sat 16th Sep 2023 - Etang de Berre
Château Virant Chiquita
	4a	Dernière heure	Sport 20m	Average	Paul Badenoch
No problems.
Sat 16th Sep 2023 - Etang de Berre
Château Virant Farigoule
	4b	Oignon de cœur	Sport 15m	Average	Paul Badenoch
Jugs were wet.
	3b	L'épervier	Sport	Average	Paul Badenoch
Ordinary.
	3c	Nigawika	Sport 14m	Average	Paul Badenoch
Not special.
Sat 16th Sep 2023 - Etang de Berre
Château Virant Chiquita
	4c	La locomotive et le petit oiseau	Sport 20m	Average	Paul Badenoch
No problems.
	4a	Samacasana	Sport	Average	Paul Badenoch
Somewhat public for soloing.
Sat 16th Sep 2023 - Etang de Berre
Château Virant Flamby
	5a	★ Magma	Sport 25m	★ Good	Paul Badenoch
Nice continuous climb.
	5b	La flèche rouge	Sport 25m	Average	Paul Badenoch
Worthwhile.
	4b	Flamby	Sport 25m	Crap	Paul Badenoch
Area of brittle rock near the top.
	3c	Harrap's	Sport 14m	Average	Paul Badenoch
Fun enough.
	3c	Hélios	Sport 14m	Average	Paul Badenoch
A little care required.
Tue 1st Sep 2020 - Etang de Berre
La Fare-les-Oliviers Le Coussou
	5a	★ La traversée de l'espace (La Traversee de L'Espace)	Sport 30m		jagaya
Go up to find good hands before the smooth traverse.
	5c+	★ Les fourmis tombent aussi	Sport 18m		jagaya
Departure on the right side, then nice shift towards the left before the first bolt. Loved the final corner section.
	5c	★ Ma Premiere	Sport 20m		jagaya
Tricky (?) start: left foot in, right foot at shoulder level then shift to the left before clipping.
	5b+	★★ La Main dans la Moule	Sport 25m	★★★ Classic	jagaya
Thu 23rd Aug 2018 - Etang de Berre
Cabasse Gauche
	5a	D (Falaise de Gauche route D)	Sport 10m	Average	Paul Badenoch
Again, hard work at the grade.
	4b	F (Falaise de Gauche route F)	Sport 10m	Average	Paul Badenoch
I expected some no-stress free solos but these climbs are tricky.
	4b	G (Falaise de Gauche route G)	Sport 10m	Average	Paul Badenoch
A hot and sweaty session.
	5b	C (Falaise de Gauche route C)	Sport 10m	Average	Paul Badenoch
Not much harder than the 4b`s to the R.
Fri 10th Aug 2012 - Etang de Berre
Baume Canouille Secteur du Banc Face Nord
	5a	★ Qui sème le doute, récolte la méfiance (Qui Seme le Doute, Recolte la Mefiance)	Sport 12m	★ Good	Paul Badenoch
A little tricky to begin.
	4c	SDU rififi	Sport 12m	Average	Paul Badenoch
Some of the 4c's were tougher than the 5a's!
	5b	Belouda	Sport 12m	Average	Paul Badenoch
More of the same.
	5a	Ludo	Sport 12m	Average	Paul Badenoch
A couple of good moves.
	4c	La veuve noire	Sport 12m	Average	Paul Badenoch
Could be the toughest climb at this end of the wall.
Fri 10th Aug 2012 - Etang de Berre
Baume Canouille Secteur du Banc Facettes Nord et Ouest
	4c	L'arête (L'Arete)	Sport 10m	Average	Paul Badenoch
Hard if you stay L of the arete!
	4c	Simbad	Sport 10m	Average	Paul Badenoch
An easy one.
	5a	Grimpeurs aux Herbes	Sport 10m	Average	Paul Badenoch
Took a while on the crux.
	5c	★ Oli	Sport 10m	★ Good	Paul Badenoch
Nice undercling/sidepull.
Fri 10th Aug 2012 - Etang de Berre
Baume Canouille Secteur du Banc Face Sud
	5a	Ramone-moi !	Sport 10m	Average	Paul Badenoch
Down-chimneying is harder than up-chimneying.
	4a	Queue de Cochon	Sport 10m	Don't Bother	Paul Badenoch
Short.
	5c	Intempourri	Sport 12m	Average	Paul Badenoch
As the book says, depart bloc.
Fri 10th Aug 2012 - Etang de Berre
Baume Canouille Secteur du Banc Face Nord
	5c	★ Pas variant	Sport 12m	★ Good	Paul Badenoch
A little more spice up top.
Sun 5th Aug 2012 - Etang de Berre
La Fare-les-Oliviers Le Coussou
	5c	★ Ma premiere	Sport 20m	★ Good	Paul Badenoch
Start gets you thinking.
	5c+	★ Avant-bras et montgolfière (Avant-Bras et Mongolfiere)	Sport 18m	★ Good	Paul Badenoch
Quite sustained.
	5c+	★ Les fourmis tombent aussi	Sport 18m	★ Good	Paul Badenoch
Good bouldery start.
Sat 4th Aug 2012 - Etang de Berre
La Fare-les-Oliviers Le Coussou
	5a	Pile	Sport 15m	Don't Bother	Paul Badenoch
I suspect the first ascent for a very long time!
	4c	Face	Sport 15m	Don't Bother	Paul Badenoch
Bit of a nightmare through the tree.
	5b	Bucolique mais presque	Sport 15m	Don't Bother	Paul Badenoch
Worthwhile to get to the better pitches above.
	4c	L'electro nike	Sport 20m	Average	Paul Badenoch
Easy but OK.
	5b	Que des bacs	Sport 30m	Average	Paul Badenoch
Reasonable long pitch.
	5a	★ La traversée de l'espace (La Traversee de L'Espace)	Sport 30m	★ Good	Paul Badenoch
A more natural line.
	5b+	★★ La main dans la moule	Sport 25m	Average	Paul Badenoch
Steep in one bit.