Projet Tete de chien/Dog's head contest (me faites pas ch... sur la traduction)

Bon
est ce que des gens seraient motives pour m'accompagner et m'encourager dans ma tentative de la tete de chien la derniere semaine de juillet.
J'imagine bien la scene avec l'un d entre vous marchant a cote de moi au taquet suant bavant cherchant mon souffle et vous a cote papotant l'air de rien

Je suis dispo les 26,27,28 et 29 juillet au soir!!!

This could be the oppportunity for Erin to join us, it would be a run to climb the Tete de chien above Monaco, before calimeuhro comes back working in Sophia Antipolis
How long is the climb?

550m D+ / few kms (less than 10 probably)

Start time (train in Antibes) : 6h22 start of the climb 7:15,
Estimated duration: climb: Cap d'ail station - summit: 1h/1h15 (35mn Ludo) hard to run anyway many stairs and hard slopes (for Ludo: easy to run)
Going down to MC: about 40'
Shower and optionnally dive in the sea close to MC.

I plan to be at work around 9:30/10 AM

And that week is perfect it should be my last week in MC

Why not leaving at 5:30 or 6:00 by car if we are several it will save time

Sounds good to me. I was thinking about that after posting. In that case we park at Cap d'Ail beach (easier to go back and park).
Muh ?

I suggest wednesday morning (else tuesday or thursday)

Ludo

Perfect!
In French: Ludo tu ne seras pas mechant hein tu ne me feras pas payer ce que Virgile vous a fait hein tu m'attendras ?

Erin will come, but she would prefer on Tuesday so that we can drop her friend at the airport before running

If it is possible for everybody, we can say 5:00 in Sophia, 5:15 July 27th in ANtibes -> start running around 6:00/6:15 -> summit around 7:00 -> back before 8:00 and around 9:30 back in Sophia

I am fine! Main concern is for people going back to Sophia So I can definitely adapt to the time and Tuesday is also fine

Yes we did it!
Ludo is a terrific bourrin! He climbed in about 38 minutes (it was so long because he had to wait for me for a while before he started to run). Semi took about 40/42 minutes and I did 45/46 minutes to climb the Tete de Chien.
The descent was very pleasant and Ludo had again to use brakes to wait for us and we took 25' to reach the beach.

A nice trip ... to do again next year
Thanks for all that joined and helped me to do that. A special think to Nico that would certainly have appreciated the trip. A really special thanks to him for all the efforts and I am sure he will join us next time!

NB Ludo t'es qu'un bourrin!

It was very nice, a very pleasant climb and very nice descent, just technical enough so that you can still go fast

Many thanks to Pascal for the organisation

(and a big thought for Erin and Nico who could not be there finally )

But thanks to them it is a fantastic opportunity to retry later
And that time Ludo you can go under 33' climb/20' down :p
If necessary we will invite Virgile in guest star

Les photos les photos les photos:

http://www.dropbox.com/gallery/4852234/1/2010-07-27%20Tete%20dechien%20et%20cap%20d%27Antibes?h=0c21ce

et en une seule archive
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4852234/2010-07-27%20Tete%20dechien%20et%20cap%20d%27Antibes.zip

NB: il y a aussi des photos du deep water soloing au cap d antibes

Ludo

la trace GPS:

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/42448392