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Located south of Grenoble, Vercors massif is the largest pre-Alpine. If today its name immediately conjures up the practice of outdoor sports, it was of course not always the case and the massive underground was better known there was little to be one of the great bastions of resistance during the War World.

Did you know that the word “Vercors” originated as a Celtic people settled in the region, Vertacomicorii. Vercors was actually a small country around the Chapel until the nineteenth century. Only at the beginning of the twentieth century, geographers gave the name to massive.

Extremely complex geographically, Vercors massif is a karst varied. It is on the high plateau of Vercors, largely at the heart of the nature reserve. You have three days to walk. Traveler originally planned to leave Corrençon in Vercors, go south and then return via the balcony after being mounted in the Grand Veymont. Well, might as well say at once, the weather decided otherwise.

The sources are rare on the high plateau of the Vercors and the flow is random. Before you hike, you’d better have full water bottles and have identified the source locations on the map, or better know their GPS coordinates. The highlands of Vercors are usually in fog. You have to stay on trails if it were to rise.

Mountain equipment

The following mountain equipment is required and recommends to be accompanied for hiker:

Walking sticks.
Walking sticks are more accessories that add style to the hiker.
It reduces the pressure on the knees, ankles and hips during climbs and descents.
They reduce the risk of injury or accident. Opt for telescopic batons. They let you adjust their height to the ground or the person. However, they are a bit more fragile than the bats in a single tube.

Head protection.
Thermal protection of the head should not be overlooked. The skull, ears, neck are sensitive.
The apron will protect you against small ears wind rises.
The cap protects primarily from the sun.
The balaclava, supplemented by the use of a mask completely covers the head to cold weather conditions.
The helmet protects from fall of rocks or ice.
In the mountains, there are many circumstances where it is necessary to light up hands-free, headlamp will help you see in the dark.

Eye protection.
They must protect from the harmful rays of the sun.
Ultra-violet are most harmful to the eye, they can damage the cornea.
The visible rays, where so bright, we must protect themselves. These are not the most harmful, but they cause glare.

Sunglasses must absolutely protect the eye from UV and IR. To counteract the reverberation caused no snow, it is necessary goggles glacier, which prevent the return of light from the sides. Windy weather and a mask will be more appropriate. It protects both the face and eyes.

Drizzle, fog, rain or snow is not necessarily the best conditions for walking but traveler were loved the atmosphere at the “Sleepy Hollow”.

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