Glossary entry (derived from question below)
français term or phrase:
Grandes voies
anglais translation:
Long routes
Added to glossary by
anna purna
Apr 4, 2006 13:29
19 yrs ago
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français term
France
QUALITY, SPEED AND PRECISION
Native in: anglais 
Works in: français vers anglais, espagnol vers anglais
Grandes voies
français vers anglais
Autre
Sports / forme physique / loisirs
Mountaineering
A very useful definition follows this heading...
Enchaînement de plusieurs longueurs d’escalade
équipées de pitons, spits et relais afin de réaliser
un itinéraire de montagne. On parle de grandes
voies au-dessus de trois longueurs d’escalade.
... but is it exactly the same thing as 'big wall' climbing? All the definitions I have seen for big wall mention the fact that the climbers generally set off for two or three days and bivouac out on a ledge (or somewhere equally precarious). This is NOT mentioned in my French text.
Other headings include 'murs d'escalade', 'école d'escalade' (crags), 'bloc' (bouldering), 'alpinisme', cascade de glace' and 'dry tooling', so the word has to fit in around all the other categories.
Thanks!
Enchaînement de plusieurs longueurs d’escalade
équipées de pitons, spits et relais afin de réaliser
un itinéraire de montagne. On parle de grandes
voies au-dessus de trois longueurs d’escalade.
... but is it exactly the same thing as 'big wall' climbing? All the definitions I have seen for big wall mention the fact that the climbers generally set off for two or three days and bivouac out on a ledge (or somewhere equally precarious). This is NOT mentioned in my French text.
Other headings include 'murs d'escalade', 'école d'escalade' (crags), 'bloc' (bouldering), 'alpinisme', cascade de glace' and 'dry tooling', so the word has to fit in around all the other categories.
Thanks!
Proposed translations
(anglais)
| 3 | Long routes |
Allan Jeffs
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| 4 | Big wall |
Cervin
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| 2 | Main routes |
Jocelyne S
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Proposed translations
24 minutes
Selected
Long routes
Petzl Sport - HarnaisLes harnais d'escalade Petzl sont équipés du Delta System et des boucles DoubleBack. ... où l'on change rarement de tenue : salle, falaise, grande voie. ...
fr.petzl.com/petzl/SportFamille?Famille=6 - 19k - En cache - Pages similaires
[ Autres résultats, domaine fr.petzl.com ]
Falaises de Presles
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I take your point Anna but "long route" would appear to be the term. See references below (particularly the last one) all refering to climbing in the French Alpes.
References:
1. Wow, it was a long route…
Yes, about 60 moves. By now I had memorised the sequence for the first and second section really well and it was all down to getting past the hard move, a type of knot that I got each time I reached the crux. Thanks to the meditation and the visualisation I managed to overcome this block.
2. West Slope and West Ridge (normal route)
Very long route with difficult route finding. Poor Rock. AD (G4) with III-, 1650m. 6h in ascent, 3-4h in descent.
First ascent by Almer, Barrington & Bohren in 1858.
3. Long route from La Bérarde or from Chatelleret hut
La Bérarde to the place where the trail leaves Chatelleret hut trail : 1h
Etançons to Plaret Glacier: 2h30
Plaret Glacier to summit on the east face: 2h
4. ALL AROUND, CRAG AND LONG ROUTE. Uppers : unlined leather. ... Gear sling with a removable climbing pack. Padded shoulders. Wide capacity. ...
www.larosiere.twinner-sports.com/ images/catalogue_produit/Cat_promontagne04.pdf
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Definition of 'MULTIPITCH CLIMBING'
A climb with more than one Pitch.
The distance between where your original anchor (or the ground) is located and where the leader setups the next anchor is a 'pitch'. A 5 pitch climb will require 5 anchors (4 anchors on the rock face and one anchor at the top of the climb). 'Pitch' lengths are normally between 20 to 70 meters depending on your team's climbing tactics.
How many belay devices do I need?
The short answer is one. Make sure it suitable for belaying and rappelling.
fr.petzl.com/petzl/SportFamille?Famille=6 - 19k - En cache - Pages similaires
[ Autres résultats, domaine fr.petzl.com ]
Falaises de Presles
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-04-04 14:30:36 GMT)
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I take your point Anna but "long route" would appear to be the term. See references below (particularly the last one) all refering to climbing in the French Alpes.
References:
1. Wow, it was a long route…
Yes, about 60 moves. By now I had memorised the sequence for the first and second section really well and it was all down to getting past the hard move, a type of knot that I got each time I reached the crux. Thanks to the meditation and the visualisation I managed to overcome this block.
2. West Slope and West Ridge (normal route)
Very long route with difficult route finding. Poor Rock. AD (G4) with III-, 1650m. 6h in ascent, 3-4h in descent.
First ascent by Almer, Barrington & Bohren in 1858.
3. Long route from La Bérarde or from Chatelleret hut
La Bérarde to the place where the trail leaves Chatelleret hut trail : 1h
Etançons to Plaret Glacier: 2h30
Plaret Glacier to summit on the east face: 2h
4. ALL AROUND, CRAG AND LONG ROUTE. Uppers : unlined leather. ... Gear sling with a removable climbing pack. Padded shoulders. Wide capacity. ...
www.larosiere.twinner-sports.com/ images/catalogue_produit/Cat_promontagne04.pdf
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Note added at 1 hr (2006-04-04 15:25:11 GMT)
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Definition of 'MULTIPITCH CLIMBING'
A climb with more than one Pitch.
The distance between where your original anchor (or the ground) is located and where the leader setups the next anchor is a 'pitch'. A 5 pitch climb will require 5 anchors (4 anchors on the rock face and one anchor at the top of the climb). 'Pitch' lengths are normally between 20 to 70 meters depending on your team's climbing tactics.
How many belay devices do I need?
The short answer is one. Make sure it suitable for belaying and rappelling.
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Comment: "Thanks for your help, 'long routes' it is!"
1 heure
Big wall
See a very readable site www.planetfear.co click on articles. There are three articles on how to tackle a big wall and it seems that some of them can be climbed in a day-depending on speed and level. Hope this helps.
29 minutes
Jocelyne S
France
France
Native in anglais
France
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Native in: anglais
Works in: français vers anglais, anglais
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Main routes
Route is definitely the term for "voie". For grande voie, "main route" is often used, but other possibilities may also exist.
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Hi Anna,
Yes, you can translate "longueur" by pitch.
HTH,
Jocelyne
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Note added at 18 hrs (2006-04-05 08:13:29 GMT)
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A few sites, fyi :
Amazon.com: World Mountaineering : The World's Great Mountains by ... - [ Traduire cette page ]In all, World Mountaineering reveals the dazzling array of climbing possibilities and ... and summaries of the main routes on mountains across the world, ...
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ tg/detail/-/0821225022?v=glance - 109k - En cache - Pages similaires
MOUNTAINEERING - [ Traduire cette page ]... used for pitching a base camp from which short approaches lead to main routes. ... Bus ride from the airport to the mountaineering base and back, food, ...
www.tien-shan.com/programs/cat2003/eng/c2003_mtg.htm - 23k - En cache - Pages similaires
The Bezengi mountaineering camp. District - [ Traduire cette page ]The Bezengi mountaineering camp ... Having passed one more 30-minute ascent, you get close to the main routes of this area. Here at the lower and upper ...
ex-magazine.ru/bezengi/descripte.html - 15k - En cache - Pages similaires
Icicle Mountaineering: Chamonix Quarterly Newsletter - [ Traduire cette page ]Chamonix Quarterly Newsletter, Icicle Mountaineering operates alpine, ... You will travel to the base of your main routes and attempt a short day route in ...
www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/news.shtml - 36k - En cache - Pages similaires
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Note added at 2 hrs (2006-04-04 16:10:10 GMT)
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Hi Anna,
Yes, you can translate "longueur" by pitch.
HTH,
Jocelyne
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Note added at 18 hrs (2006-04-05 08:13:29 GMT)
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A few sites, fyi :
Amazon.com: World Mountaineering : The World's Great Mountains by ... - [ Traduire cette page ]In all, World Mountaineering reveals the dazzling array of climbing possibilities and ... and summaries of the main routes on mountains across the world, ...
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ tg/detail/-/0821225022?v=glance - 109k - En cache - Pages similaires
MOUNTAINEERING - [ Traduire cette page ]... used for pitching a base camp from which short approaches lead to main routes. ... Bus ride from the airport to the mountaineering base and back, food, ...
www.tien-shan.com/programs/cat2003/eng/c2003_mtg.htm - 23k - En cache - Pages similaires
The Bezengi mountaineering camp. District - [ Traduire cette page ]The Bezengi mountaineering camp ... Having passed one more 30-minute ascent, you get close to the main routes of this area. Here at the lower and upper ...
ex-magazine.ru/bezengi/descripte.html - 15k - En cache - Pages similaires
Icicle Mountaineering: Chamonix Quarterly Newsletter - [ Traduire cette page ]Chamonix Quarterly Newsletter, Icicle Mountaineering operates alpine, ... You will travel to the base of your main routes and attempt a short day route in ...
www.icicle-mountaineering.ltd.uk/news.shtml - 36k - En cache - Pages similaires
Discussion
This is a term a found in Wikipedia when I was looking for something else...
http://clubalpinvalence.com/articles/dict.php?src=ang&PHPSES...
Still searching for you...
http://www.ffme.fr/artif/actu/supertopo1.htm
Seems as though "grandes voies" might be a sub-category of "big wall" climbing...