Dominique

MARCHAL

Specialities

Climbing.

Favorite place

Massif du Mont Blanc, Verdon, Vercors, Céuse, Buoux, le Saussois, Kalymnos, Fontainebleau.

 

Best moment

My first time bouldering in Fontainebleau when I was 14. My first ascent of Ange in Saussois when I was 16 and all the other great climbs on the best boulders crags and cliffs in the world, from Fontainebleau to Céuse, the Verdon to the Mont Blanc massif, the Andes to the Himalayas, and Greenland to Amazonia.

Favorite CD, book, movie

"La vie au grand air" from Reiser

Favorite gear

Anaconda light, Toucan, Spider.

Anything else ?

Climbing and still getting the same buzz as I stand at the foot of a crag. Having something that you feel passionate about and knowing how to hold on to it gives you direction in life and brings you this sense of happiness.