Looking for climbing partners

Hey!

I’m a French hiker/climber/mountaineer working at UC Berkeley for the summer (will be leaving early September), and I’m looking for hiking/climbing partners!

I’m looking for climbing partners :

• for Touchstone climbing gyms (mainly Berkeley Ironworks - week days)
• for outdoor sessions (week days / week ends)
• for climbing trips to Yosemite / other places (week ends / vacation)

And also for hiking partners to :

• do small hikes near Berkeley (during week days / week ends)
• do longer hikes / small backpacking trips farther away (week ends / small vacation)

My schedule :

Week days	Week end	Vacation
working - can be at Ironworks / somewhere else at 5/6pm - can occasionally leave work early	available!	I’ll be able to have ~2 weeks of vacation during the summer (whenever I want)

For the weeks of vacation, I’d like to organize a trip to Yosemite or some other cool places!

Ranked by favorite - climbing disciplines :

• ridge route (like Aiguille Dibona, Arêtes du Gerbier - this one I still haven’t uploaded yet even though the place is absolutely amazing, Petite lance de Domène or Aiguille du pin)
• multi-pitch (like any trip in the Calanques 1 2 3 4, in Ailefroide 1 2 3 4 or in the Esterel 1 2 3)
• trad climbing (in fact, many routes in the trips mentioned above were trad climbing, but I like trad climbing even if it’s one pitch long and easy)
• sport climbing (most places mentioned above also includes sport climbing)
• bouldering - hem. I’m not a boulderer, but why not if it is really necessary :)

Some information about the grades I climbed (note that this a rough estimation for now, I’ll be able to be more accurate as my US sample of climbs grows):

Discipline	Indoor	Outdoor	Trad	Crack climbing
Grade (lead)	5.11d	5.10d	5.8/9	not yet :’)

Note that I don’t have a car, but I do have gear (50m rope, stoppers and cams, slings, …). Also, I do have camping/backpacking gear (tent, camp stove, …).

You might want to take a look at my climbing blog.