So this weekend was AMAZING but very sad at the same time. Saturday me and my friends walked from the centre of Clermont-Ferrand all the way to the summit of the Puy de Dôme. The Puy de Dôme is the largest of a chain of extinct volcanos on the Massif Central (Click here for a more informative Version Française). The chain is called La Chaîne des Puys and is a natural park and consists of more than 80 puys spanning about 30 km. We bought food for our picnic and left at 10am. I can´t remember what time we arrived at the summit but we didnt get back into Clermont till about 8pm. Its height is 1465 metres and its about 20 km from the centre of Clermont. Meaning that in one day we walked about 40 km (a little less than 25 miles!!!) all of this very steep climbing or descending. Anyway it was amazing! I don't have time to write much right now because my friends are waiting on me. Me and Chris got sunburned pretty bad and Rob royally screwed his ankle up. He's now in a cast for 2 weeks...and somehow has to get all his stuff back to England Wednesday in that condition. Poor guy. At one point climbing Dan, Chris, and I left the path to do a scramble straight up the face. Well, i thought it would just be about 20 meters because the path zigzags but I was wrong. I basically climbed the face of the puy de Dôme from about 1/3 of the way up. I had a mild panic attack when some parts were practically climbing straight up with not a lot of footholds but it was amazing. Anyway I gotta go like NOW! sorry but will write more later. I'll post the photos.
Le Puy de Dôme / Last assistants weekend :( Vol. I
Le Puy de Dôme / Last assistants weekend :( Vol. II
talk to you soon sorry I didn't have time to finish...
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