Check out the Petzl Millau Roctrip film, featuring the 90m Infinity Lane routes... 17 minutes of amazing climbing to get you psyched!
For more infos about the movie, photos, wallpapers... Please visit the Petzl website.
Keyword - RocTrip
Infinity Lane - the movie August 24, 2009
- Hardest redpoints
- Rock climbing
- RocTrip
- Video
Infinity Lanes - the pictures July 2, 2009
- Hardest redpoints
- Photo
- Rock climbing
- RocTrip
Check out Sam Bié's photos of the Petzl Roctrip in Millau (Gorges de la Jonte).
PETZL ROC TRIP 26-27-28 juin 2009 April 28, 2009
Pour la deuxième année consécutive le Petzl Roc Trip fera partie des Vibram Natural Games. L'événement multisports Outdoor rassemblera, autour de Millau, amateurs et sportifs professionnels de l'escalade, du parapente, du VTT de descente, du kayak freestyle et de la slackline.
Roctrip Zillertal - the video November 6, 2008
- Bouldering
- Rock climbing
- RocTrip
- Video
- Zillertal
The movie of the Roctrip Zillertal [26mn].
Inside the Team... with many interviews, but also pure action shots in rock climbing & bouldering. Team Petzl took RocTrip to the granite wonderland of Zillertal, Austria
the summer of 2008.
Natural Games - the video September 5, 2008
- First ascent
- Rock climbing
- RocTrip
- Video
From 25th to 29th of June.2008, the Natural Games in Millau (Aveyron - France) put together the most impressive outdoor' crazy athletes ! This fusion of four universes gathered for the first time all the people of the outdoor community - climb, ride and fun...
T-SHIRTS of Roctrip Zillertal August 6, 2008
For those who want to bring back a little bit of Zillertal' Roctrip at home :
Some T-shirts are still for sale !! Differents sizes (Men, Women etc...)
The T-shirt graphic design was created by Ben Bert, the drawer who made the Zillertal poster.
Zillertal RocTrip lotery: the winners July 31, 2008
Petzl and Adidas Eyewear offered several products for the RocTrip in Zillertal. Some of the RocTrip participants names has been drawed to determine the winners of the those prizes.
Here are the lucky ones ! If you find your name in the list, it means you will receive your gift in the next days (using the postal adress you gave when you registered to the event).
Thanks to everyone for their participation.
They win a Petzl chalk bag
- Jan Dehmer
- Magdalena Nösslböck
- Andreas Mischke
- Michael Zink
- Marco Barlascini
- Fabrizio Lucini
- Ivaylo Krastev
- Michele Giugni
- Anelia Pesheva
- Valeria Rossini
- Rafael Halio
- Aleksic Andrej
They win a Petzl TIKKA XP
- Thibaut Monnin
- Maxime Leblond
- Laschitz Martin
- Georg Krewenka
They win a pair of Adidas Eyewear sunglasses
- Gleich Monika
- Deustch Stefan
- Stefan Ringmann
They win a Petzl REVERSO3
- Florian Gritzer
- Copaescu Andreea Gabriela
- Dan Jolivet
- Lukas Schiffer
They win a Petzl METEOR III
- Stefan Wagner
- Christian Gwiozda
- Dissauer Karin
They wn a Petzl HIRUNDOS
- Abonyi Karoly
- Stanimir Zhelyazkov
They win a Petzl POWER CRUNCH chalk box
- Nagy Ferdinand
- Lübke Pierre
Ben Bert's drawings on Zillertal RocTrip July 31, 2008
The illustrator Ben Bert was on Zillertal RocTrip to make some of the great drawings he's the only one to do. Let's have a look at his slideshow, who gives a good idea of the athmosphere of the RocTrip.
Ben Bert is the guy who provided the drawing of the event's poster. He has also worked on a comic strip at the X-Tone contest.
You can also check out Ben Bert's blog to see his other works.
Ben Bert at work in Zillertal.
Zillertal photo contest: vote for the best photographer July 31, 2008
There was a photo contest in Zillertal RocTrip. Each photographer who attended the contest could submit 20 pitcures max.
You can check below all the great pictures we received from the 11 competitors. Click on their name or on the thumbnail to see the slideshow.
It's up to you to decide who did the best pictures, so don't miss the poll at the bottom of this post. You've got until August 26th to make your vote. Petzl will buy a picture to the winner to make a poster. Hope you'll enjoy the photos !
- Bernardo Gimenez
- Bernhard Kogler
- Eric van Geluwe
- Fred Labreveux
- Jocelyn Chavy
- Klaus Kranebitter
- Marek Arcimowicz
- Petr Piechowicz
- Radek Capek
- Reini Fichtinger
- Stephan Denys
End of the RocTrip : let's go climbing in Zillertal ! July 28, 2008
- Rock climbing
- RocTrip
- Zillertal
Zillertal RocTrip is over: climbers went back home and the place has been tied up. But the crags and the boulders stay here.
To conclude the trip, Lynn Hill told on stage saturday night: the weather wasn't so nice during this week, but I had a lot of fun climbing here, and I will certainly come back to enjoy the place again
.
That's how we choose the locations for the RocTrip at Petzl: Zillertal is a gorgeous valley and a fantastic place for climbing, mountaineering, paragliding, biking... So let's enjoy it, go to Zillertal !
Zillertal magic woods July 26, 2008
- Bouldering
- Rock climbing
- RocTrip
- Zillertal
Today, several members of the Petzl team went bouldering in Zillergrund. The place is just above the parking, in a steepy forest. The vegetation is luxuriant : there are huge trees, the boulders are often mossy or covered by the roots.
Local climbers opened numerous problems there, and plenty are still to be explored and cleaned up. But the weather didn't even allowed the team to try the existing ones: no sooner were they warmed up than the rain started... At the beginning, the light drizzle let them try some dry roofs. But then the downpours made the holds humid and slippery.
That was the signal to beat the retreat to Mayrhofen, have a shower and get prepared for the final party...
Ewige Jagdründe : chilling out around the two towers July 26, 2008
- Rock climbing
- RocTrip
- Zillertal
Ewige Jagdründe is a place that has to be earned : you have to cross the fleshy river with water up to your knees, or to warm up on the tyrolean traverse.
But when you're in the place: a sunny meadow with fatty grass to chill out, and trees to hang your hammock on... Ewige is an invite to rest !
Mmmh ? Climbers ? Oh yeah, you're right, there are also climbers at Ewige, and they're climbing... Yesterday, Gérôme, Chris, Daila, Dany, Markus and many others were here. They worked on several 8-something routes, as usual ;-)
The place is also known as "the two towers". Yes, like in the Lords of Ring... But it's far more welcoming that Tolkien's place. Let's have a look at the pictures. And you can find some outstanding routes rated around 6, right next to the 8 ones.
Sunny Zillertal July 25, 2008
- Rock climbing
- RocTrip
- Zillertal
The sun is back in Zillertal Valley and on the Petzl RocTrip. On thirsday morning, after 3 days of bad weather, we began to see hikers on the mountain paths, downhill bikers on the trails... and climbers on the rock !
The rock was dry until noon, the climbers were psyched. Especially Daniel Du Lac, who beated the french team on Zillergrund boulders, and the local climber Markus Bock, who did a 8b route for the cameras at Ewige Jagdgründe.
With the sun, plenty of new enthousisatic RocTrip guys arrived in the valley. Even more will come today and on saturday, for the week-end.
That's where the huge organisation is revealed : you want to go climbng on the boulders or routes spots ? Here are the bus shuttle. You wanna camp ? Let's set up your tent just behind the wooden village (RocTrip base camp). It wasn't designed for that ? Nevermind, we put up lavatories, we opened the football club locker rooms, and some hotels lend their showers for you.
Plenty of new boulders and new routes have been opened. A quick topo guide is provided. Paths to the climbing spots have been marked...
It looks like the whole Mayrhofen area has been "redesigned" to welcome the RocTrip. So let's come here for rock climbing !
Zillertal Sit-Down-Start July 22, 2008
Hello to all !
We have just arrived in the city of Mayrhofen, getting ready for the Roctrip in Zillertal.
Roctrip at RedRiver Gorge - the video ! November 28, 2007
- First ascent
- Red River Gorge
- Rock climbing
- RocTrip
- Video
Follow the french guys at the Red River Gorge, Kentucky - USA.
Daniel Dulac linking his new route "El Encuentro" (8a - 5.13b).
Mickaël Fuselier sending the first ascent of "50 words for pump" (8c+ - 5.14c), and Gérome Pouvreau finally linking "Thanatopsis" (8b+ - 5.14a)...
Climbing, climbing and more climbing !
TIP : If you have low connection, press one time on the "PLAY" button, and press a second time on the "PAUSE" button, in order to launch the buffer. Then, wait until at least 50% of the movie is loaded after watching it. You can also click on the "ZOOM" button to watch fullscreen.
A video by Erwan Lelann & Guillaume Broust.
Music by eKoman featuring Paty Thioune.
Vocals by Laurence Gullon.
Mr Fuselier, to conclude this RocTrip ? October 19, 2007
- Red River Gorge
- Rock climbing
- RocTrip
Mickael Fuselier's balance on the RocTrip in Red River Gorge :
Red River Gorge is obviously the North American hot spot when it comes to sport climbing. This little corner of paradise is located in eastern Kentucky, about two hours from Louisville. The small downside of this place, though, is that there is oil under the ground.
Because of this, the RRGCC (Red River Gorge Climbers' Coalition) bought the land to prevent losing access to the site. Aside from wanting to showcase this magical spot, the aim of this RocTrip was to help the RRGCC by giving them back the cash prizes won by the climbers (excellent concept). The second goal was making the annual Roctoberfest bigger than ever.
Red River Gorge is made up of many crags, and stuff for everyone, from Class 4 to project material. You'll have to search a long time before coming across a bad piece of rock. The rock is sculpted to perfection, and offers one gem after another. The height and overhang of the routes varies from crag to crag (15 to 35 m). After a full-on day, you can go and recover at Miguel's pizzeria, where all the climbers hang out.
This trip was particularly well organized, and stars like Chris Sharma, Dave Graham, Dani Andrada, Liv Sansoz, Emilie Harrington and many others, thrilled the climbers who had come to see the show.
Personally, I enjoyed the atmosphere within the team, and I had tons of fun on this trip. I got to collect a solid bunch of tick marks on about 15 routes, from 8a (13.b) to 8c+ (14.c).
A big thanks to Tony for the belay in Fifty words for pumped. It allowed me to climb confidently through the crux, for which I couldn't clip and in which a fall could have broken my ankles. Thanks also to Petzl for inviting me on this trip.
All the info you need on the Red River Gorge: www.rrgcc.org.
See you !
Mike
Photos © Keith Ladzinski
Desperate Kentucky Electronic October 15, 2007
- Partying
- Red River Gorge
- RocTrip
Organizing an electronic music party is not an easy thing here in Kentucky... Even though I had sent a full technical file with the list of necessary equipment, a few issues appeared when I decided to check all on Thursday evening. According to Morgan, getting your hands on a couple of Technic’s MK2 turntable is already a victory, as I come along Guillaume shows me what has been mistaken for a mixer: an effect machine! For you guy who know nothing about this kind of stuff, the mixer is the device that allows you to get the sound of the two record players together, mix it up and playing it out loud to the crowd. Without it you do nothin’... Here a call, there a call, watch my call... I still have no mixer in sight... Other issue, Said was not able to travel with his instruments, so we have to either borrow, rent or invent something.
On Friday we decide to go ourselves to Lexington to find all of that we need. We get directions, phone numbers and diverse beta and off we go. Thanks to Marietta and Martina’s sense of orientation we easily find the music store... with a great Mixer and diverses perc, drums and symbal for rent... Yessss. Aieee, everything gonna be alright until:
Do you guys have a Kentucky State Driving License ?
Wot man we have several passports from France, Sweden, Germany, Slovenia, UK but nothin like that!
Well then I can’t rent you that stuff
.
C’mon I want to talk to the manager, No sir we ain’t rentin you nothin without a Kentucky State drivers licence... Gee feeling close to deep depression, I call back Morgan who luckily finds a buddy from Lexington to show up at the store with the magic pass... Thank you Patrick for showing up.
But we’re still missing a Didjeridoo for Said, so we find a hardware store, and make one out of toilet pipes! And there goes our happy bunch back to the Red, it seems that here in Kentucky it’s easier to buy a gun than to rent a mixer and a couple of drums...
Friday after the movies we do a little rehersal with Said, excellent, this guy rocks on percs... The turntables are a little sketchy, the stage wobbles a bit but i guess I’ll have to live with that...
Southern Beats and Deep Fried Drum and Bass
Here we are Saturday night setting up our stage after a great Blue Grass Band (Big up for those guys that played super early and performed well), a bunch of gear raffles, more money for the rrgcc and the usual O’neil roast, followed by Odub rappin the place with his daughter on stage, GOOOd Job guys. I allways feel that same knotted stomach as we dim the lights to start the show.....and fry the place with great performance with Said and Timmy on the drums, Guillaume on live visuals and several unexpected guests and stage Slammers.
Special Big Up for Morgan Burton and his crew for the stage, sound, lights and cool spirit. Matt and Amy Tackett of Red River Outdoors for accepting such a loud party on their field and all the congratulations to Bentley Brackett and Morgain Sprague for their global organization of this Roc Trip at RoctoberFest 07...
Photos J. Evans
Daily report for saturday October 14, 2007
The Saturday morning flash rally at the Motherlode pushed the RocTrip/Roctoberfest event to new realms. It was perhaps the biggest outdoor climbing event in the U.S. I’ve ever seen
, says Chuck Odette, Petzl Event and Sponsorship Coordinator. While crowds lined the amphitheatre of the crag to watch athletes and locals battle to rack up the most points, the competitors for the Open and Athlete division hiked up to flash the designated routes.
Overall winners
- Petzl women: Emily Harrington
- Petzl men: Steve Mc Clure & Said Belhaj
- Open women: Kasia Weglarz
- Open men: Future Roden
After the show, the party started at Red River Outdoors. Local restaurant Bourbon and Toulouse provided a Cajun-style dinner, and a bluegrass band played. The raffle swag giveaway rained free products like Christmas and was followed by a silent auction. Later, Timmy O’Neil came out for a roast
and some more MC entertainment.
After pre-registration was tallied, Petzl’s contribution and the grant match gathered, donations logged, $4500 from the RockSport event and other income accounted for, the Petzl RocTrip/Roctoberfest announced that the event reached the final goal – to meet the PRMP payment for next year. With the mortgage for 2008 already met, nearly a year in advance, the RRGCC can now focus on getting ahead of the payment. Morgain Sprague, RRGCC Fundraising Coordinator, says she is amazed at the amount of support
that both locals and companies, especially Petzl, have extended to the community.
Mickael Fuselier in "Fifty words..." - the video October 14, 2007
- First ascent
- Hardest redpoints
- Red River Gorge
- Rock climbing
- RocTrip
- Video
After several tries during two days, Mickael Fuselier made the first ascent of "Fifty words for pumped" in Red River Gorge, for the Petzl RocTrip.
TIP : Press two times on the "PLAY" button to launch the buffer. Then, wait until more than 50% of the movie is loaded. You can also click on the "ZOOM" button to watch fullscreen.
A video by Erwan Lelann.
Music by Captain Kverne.
Daila Ojeda in Ultra perm October 13, 2007
- Red River Gorge
- Rock climbing
- RocTrip
Daila Ojeda tried Ultra perm :
Espectacular sector ! El estilo de escalada, el color de la roca y la calidad de las vias es increible. Sin duda, de los mejores lugares que he visto nunca para escalar.
La via de las chicas es inhumana, escalar y escalar sobre presas positivas sobre una plancha desplomada que casi no tiene fin ! Resistente hasta el top... Me encantaria hacerla, pero creo que la cosa no esta muy facil...
Bueno, try again como las tarjetas de telefono en America...
Photo: Erwan Le Lann
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