Another day, another calanque. On Wednesday, we headed to the next calanque over, Calanque de Morgiou, which Yves described as being a more “classic” calanque in its narrow shape, compared to the wider Calanque de Sormiou. Yet again, I was taken by the setting and views, which were very different to our previous two climbing days at Sormiou.
I will never tire of starting out at/seeing these views/villages on approaches to climbs.
View of the village
View of the calanque from the approach to the route
Our route (La Directe) was on the Crêt St Michel formation.
Crêt St Michel in the morning light
Because the cliff is not right by the sea, the climbing and rock were quite different to the climbing we had done in Sormiou. The first pitch required a little bit of thought for sure.
Kicking things off on the first pitch (Photo: Yves)
(Photo: Yves)
Yves heading up
We made short work of the route and got to the top with plenty of time to enjoy the great views of Le Grande Candelle, which we hope to climb some time on this trip too.
Top of the route with Le Grande Candelle (left) and Cret de St Michel (right) in the background
A clearer view of the hiking trail leading to the Crêt St Michel lookout point (Photo: Yves)
We could not find the rappel route down, so the walk down was a bit painful in our climbing shoes, especially with the missing big toe nail for me. But this was a tiny blip in comparison to the rest of the awesome day.
Looking up at the Secteur Grand Dièdre before starting the walk back down to the car
Ong Strong 