Goodbye Chloé Graftiaux

On Saturday August 21, Chloé Graftiaux died in a fall while descending from the summit along the South Face of Aiguille Noire de Peuterey in the Mont Blanc massif. A loose block was the cause of her fatal fall on the descent route. Chloe, who hailed from Belgium and was one of Europe's top all-around climbers, was 23.

Most widely known for her competition climbing, Chloé won the Vail, Colorado and Sheffield, England stops of the Bouldering World Cup this year, ending up in third place overall. Chloe was also an accomplished ice climber, with World Cup wins as well as ascents of such famed routes as Canada's Polar Circus and Mount Blanc's Super Couloir on her résumé. A dedicated skier as well, Chloé pursued everything she did with passion and excellence.


Chloé's sudden passing has been a shocking and painful one for all of us here at Girivihar, as she was part of Girivihar Rock trip to Badami in 2007. She had a whole life of climbing ahead of her-she left us far, far too early. We will remember her beautiful smile, bright, excited eyes and unending enthusiasm to climb, explore and laugh. Goodbye, Chloé. We will deeply miss you.

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Competition Video

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Photographs of 7th Girivihar Open International Bouldering Competition

Dear all,

Photographs, of the recently concluded Girivihar's Bouldering competition 2010 have been uploaded. click here to see them.

Regards,
Gaurang

7th Girivihar Open International Bouldering Competition

Dear all,

Girivihar is announcing its 7th Open International Bouldering Competition , starting from 23rd to 26th January 2010,at C.B.D, Belapur, Navi Mumbai

Some of the best climbers from India and a few from abroad participate in this event, which runs with the atmosphere of a climbing festival. It is an excellent opportunity to see the more popular and faster growing variants of climbing. Competition is largely focused on bouldering (the art of climbing very difficult, modestly high routes), on both natural rock and artificial walls.

Regards,
Gaurang

38th Annual Rock Climbing Camp

Dear all,

Girivihar is announcing its 38th Annual Rock climbing camp, starting from 25th to 30th December 2009,at C.B.D, Belapur, Navi Mumbai

GIRIVIHAR has been conducting the Annual Rock Climbing Training Camp for youth (age above 14) for more than 30 years now. So if you have started experiencing the urge to climb, we are sure you will find this camp an attractive proposition.

Download Camp Form | Camp Information Brochure

Regards,
Gaurang

Quick Website Update

Dear all,

I apologize for Website being inaccessible over last week, culprit being our beloved website hosting service provider, who changed our website state from "Website" to "No-website anymore" and convinently labeled the problem as "file corruption".

So, right now bringing everything back to the earlier state is a daunting task, i ask people to have some patience, till the time everything is back. As of now, only the Home Page and Hike Itinerary page will be working and other pages will go online as and when.

Regards,
Gaurang