Petzl Roctrip Millau 2006 - Sport climbing

The Petzl Roctrip Millau 2006, the famous rock climbing event is featuring all the best world climbers: Chris Sharma, Lynn Hill, Dany Andrada, Said Belhaj, Tony Lamiche, Charlotte Durif, Berta Martin, Sean Mc Coll and many others...

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Said Belhaj Climbing as a way of life: "For Team Petzl climbers, rock climbing is a way of life that goes beyond passion. We climb on a daily basis and can never get enough. It’s a lifestyle that never stops, even if it's not always possible to earn enough to live off of climbing. The sport is connected to life, to nature. Being outside and climbing all the time is almost animallike. Traveling, meeting people, and sharing something that didn't exist the day before provide infinite social value." Chris Sharma For me, climbing is a liberating activity: "Climbing has been my life since I was 12 years old, and has allowed me to discover the most beautiful places in the world. My specialty is hard new routes. This pursuit provides me with concrete goals in life and allows me to channel my energy. It’s my own personal way of being a part of society. I think it’s really important in my progression for climbing to stay excited and feel like you’re doing new things, and not get stuck in a rut..." Charlotte Durif In for the long haul : "I started quite naturally with my father and my brother on big, high-mountain routes where we bivvied on the glaciers. I was very young and I was immediately captivated by this environment into which I had immersed myself: nature, hiking, skiing, canyoning and via ferrata. Then I paid to go climbing indoors and I was completely hooked by this more technical style of climbing. At the spots I go to the most, I meet people who are driven by simplicity, people who are often outside the system. I find that my taste for climbing is becoming more and more influenced by their way of living. Their authenticity and their influence truly orients my life choices. I know why I climb and that is why I climb. I am in harmony with my way of being active and the peace that I get from nature. I love long, sustained routes because they allow me to settle in for the long haul. They give me the time to be more creative in solving problems one after another. This feeling hits me when I’m far above the belay and it leaves me with memories of emotionally-charged feelings and movements."

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