Trad Climbing in Corsica - a dive into the french school of climbing
In the first week of September, 2023, after a year very dedicated to rock climbing, I participated in the last exam of the new climbing monitors of France, a week of traditional multi-pitch climbing in the massif of Bavella, south of Corsica, and it was one of the funniest and most advanced climbing experiences I've ever had. Noemie in the 1st pitch of the route "Masino" Me in the end of the route "Masino" with the infinite granites of Bavella in the background. We climbed in the Aiguilles of Bavella made of a strange granite, sometimes it's really solid with long cracks mixed with slabs, and I felt like in classical brazilian granite sites as Marumbi, but sometimes it has the bizarre texture of big carved holes and plaid texture of fractures, the so called "tafonis", and I felt like in limestone. It's really particular to have tafonis in granite and it's linked with the salty erosion from the Mediterranean humid winds. From the climb
