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For our next story we head to China,
for the Petzl RocTrip.
A true rock climbing celebration
that took place last October
in the Getu Valley.
This fantastic spot now attracts dozens of climbers
from around the world on a daily basis.
A boom for local tourism,
since visitors are now flocking to local accommodations.
Take a look at video from our correspondent
Jorge Martinez.
Petzl, this is Nathalie. How may I help you?
Hello, Petzl?
Uh... Yes?
I'm calling from Piedra Parada!
2000 people, here?
In Piedra Parada?
During the first RocTrips, we were only a handful of climbers, a small family.
It all started in Millau, a terrific climbing spot in France.
The idea was to bring climbers together, a shared experience between pros, beginners,
and the general public who came to see how spectacular climbing can be.
And now we head abroad
to develop new, truly incredible climbing areas.
It's one amazing festival!
It's a bit like the Woodstock of rock climbing!
There are people from Brazil, Argentina, Europe,
from all over the world.
It's all good!
It's all good!
Infinite possibilities,
for all abilities.
It's all good!
Excuse me, but I'm afraid
The canyon is a very special place,
there are lots of different areas,
and almost every style of climbing.
Multi-pitch, single pitch,
pockets, columns,
slabs, overhanging rock,
it's extremely well-rounded for one place.
The first time that I came to Piedra Parada,
it was the area's desert landscape,
that made the biggest impression, the atmosphere, the light, the solitude.
Climbing wasn't at all developed here,
there were only a couple of multi-pitch routes.
The first routes established?
They were put up on Piedra Parada in 1992.
That's how it started, it's all pretty recent.
In March, we came here with a group of friends from Bariloche
with the idea of putting up a lot of new routes for the RocTrip.
If you want to put up a new route in an already established area,
it's not that hard, since you can ascend via another route
to get to the line you want.
But if it's a new area, well that's a whole other adventure...
I'm a bit against the approach of certain route setters
who just put up a route without thinking...
There are a few guidelines to respect.
Oops, sorry!
There's a nice line right here,
and so I got to work.
The challenge here is that each line requires a lot of cleaning.
The first time out, we had a bad feeling.
The rock was pretty chossy.
At the outset, we thought that we would only be able to put up routes in a small part of the canyon.
Now we've come to realize that most of the canyon has climbable rock.
There's bullet-proof rock with perfect lines to climb.
With regard to route setting, I take a pretty broad approach.
I really love putting up routes that can be climbed by as many as possible.
Whether they're rated 3rd, 4th, or 5th class...
Just like the route I am currently working on.
You're climbing, but upside down!
It's pretty weird because the route actually descends at one point.
So it's pretty hard!
It's hard!
C'mon chief!
There's no bolt...
There's no bolt!
My arms are getting pumped, what should I do?
Thanks a lot! Can someone help me?
Please!
Thank you!
The route I put up is called, "Balroc," in the Mordor area.
It's six pitches long,
It's an unbelievable route, dreamlike...
I'm gonna give it my all
The pitch through the roofs is very physical, with powerful lock-offs.
It's incredible that you can free it to the top.
The route ends with a very technical corner.
There aren't any holds, it's all like this.
Hey! No one came to Piedra!