Éléphant Ouest : straight-ups 7a and harder

Other overviews 7a and harder: 44 straight-ups + traverses, 13 traverses
Topos: Éléphant Ouest (Philippe Le Denmat)

Coup de Soleil 6c (7a)	arete / sitstart	Rémi Perinet / Gérald Coste
topo nº15; just under the plateau, at the beginning of a corridor. Sitstart, climb the right side of the arete of Surprise sur Prise and exit with a bad crimp right hand. See also:  Surprise sur Prise 6a
Lune et Tri 6c (7a)	crack / sitstart	Manuel Marquès
topo nº36; 50m to the left and underneath L'Aileron du Requin. Sitstart in the pit with a monodoigt left hand as for Pac et Tri and climb the oblique crack to the left of the prow. Update (August 2009) : the sitstart seems to have become much more difficult since a hold broke off.
Le Grand Toit 7a (6c+)	roof / mantle	-
topo nº11; at the border of the ridge, on the left side along the GR 13, 100m past La Dalle à Poly (end of the black circuit, on the boulder of Le Gruyère). Start low, and exit to the right by a mantle. See also: La Boucle du Facteur Premier 7c+
L'Aileron du Requin 7a	arete / mantle / expo	Philippe Le Denmat
topo nº30; 2m to the left of Cœur de Lion. Start just right of the arete and exit by a mantle.
Cœur de Lion 7a	wall / crimps / high	Philippe Le Denmat
topo nº31; 2m to the right of L'Aileron du Requin. See also: Cœur de Lion assis 7a+, Haut de Forme 7b (7a+)
Ode à Did 7a	sitstart / monos / expo	Thierry Guéguen
topo nº29; in memoriam of Didier Benjamin, on the left side of the arete of L'Aileron du Requin. Sitstart 1m to the left of the arete, climb the wall using the arete right hand, take a monodoigt and exit with a crack.
Comme il vous Plaira 7a	wall / sitstart	Manuel Marquès
topo nº35; 50m to the left and underneath L'Aileron du Requin. Sitstart in the pit with a monodoigt left hand as for Pac et Tri but exit to the right of the arete. See also:  Pac et Tri 7b
Désengagé 7a	wall / mantle	Stéphan Denys / Laurent Darlot
topo nº28; on the backside of Cœur de Lion, on the boulder of "Le Requin". See also: Désengagé assis 7a+
La Dernière Chance assis 7a	prow / sitstart	Thomas Jaffry / Gérald Coste
topo nº8; right problem on the East face of the plateau, above the GR, 50m before Le Grand Toit. Sitstart (without crash-pad) with bidoigts and exit via the prow of La Dernière Chance. See also:  La Dernière Chance 6b (6c)
Nerfs à Vif 7a+	overhang / prow	Eric Létot
topo nº24; on the boulder above Le Requin and Cœur de Lion. Start in the overhang 1m50 to the left of Le Spectre and exit via the prow.
Elephant Man assis 7a+	crack / sitstart / high	-
topo nº4; to the right of Transpotting, above the GR, on the first high boulder of the sector. Sitstart to the left with the two hands on an oblique crimp, traverse to the dihedral and exit by the high crack of Elephant Man. See also:  Elephant Man 6c
Équivogue 7a+	overhang / mantle / sitstart	François Louvel
topo nº12; on the boulder of Le Grand Toit, at the border of the ridge, on the left side along the GR 13, 100m past La Dalle à Poly (end of the black circuit, on the boulder of Le Gruyère). Sitstart under the roof, take the central "colonnette" and exit by the mantle of Le Grand Toit. See also:  Splatch 7b (7b+), Équivogue direct 7b+,  Air Sweden 7b+, La Traversée du Splatch 7b+, Le Splatch de Grosminet 7c,  Air Sweden rallongé 7c+ (7c)
Cœur de Lion assis 7a+	wall / crimps / sitstart	Dennis Teijsse
topo nº31; sitstart (by the right) of Cœur de Lion, on the boulder of Le Requin, 2m to the right of L'Aileron du Requin. See also:   Cœur de Lion 7a, Haut de Forme 7b (7a+)
Désengagé assis 7a+	wall / mantle / sitstart	Stéphan Denys / Laurent Darlot
topo nº28; on the backside of Cœur de Lion, on the boulder of "Le Requin". Sitstart and exit in Désengagé. See also:  Désengagé 7a
Haut de Forme 7b (7a+)	wall	-
topo nº31b; start as for Cœur de Lion but exit to the right (slightly eliminating). See also:   Cœur de Lion 7a, Cœur de Lion assis 7a+
Le Cosmoschtroumpf 7b (7a+)	slightly overhanging / mantle / high	Thierry Guéguen
on the right face of the bouder of Gargamel. Start under a big jug, use it to climb the overhang and exit by a mantle at the top, above a boulder on the ground. See also: Azraël et le Cosmoschtroumpf 7b (7b+)
Pac et Tri 7b	pillar / sitstart	Manuel Marquès
topo nº35; 50m to the left and underneath L'Aileron du Requin. Sitstart in the pit with a monodoigt left hand as for Comme il vous Plaira but traverse to the left with the crack and exit via the round arete. Update (August 2009) : the sitstart seems to have become much more difficult since a hold broke off. See also:  Comme il vous Plaira 7a
Jaws 7b	slightly overhanging / crimps / expo	Yano Salaün
topo nº7; slightly overhanging wall 50m to the right of Le Grand Toit, just under Pas de Panique. Start in the pit and exit by a mantle to the left on jugs.
Grosminet 7b	roof / sitstart	Alain Dupas
topo nº10; to the right of Le Grand Toit. Sitstart to the left of the small boulder marked "E" (without that one) and exit directly in the dihedral before the exit as for Un Jeu pour Toit. NB : first known realization by Alain Dupas.
Goldorak 7b	dyno / expo	Maxime Prodhomme
topo nº4b; to the right of Transpotting, above the GR, on the first high boulder of the sector. Start with the crimps of Elephant Man, make a big lateral dyno to the exit holds of Transpotting and finish in that one.
Splatch 7b (7b+)	roof / sitstart	Greg Sobczak
topo nº12; on the boulder of Le Grand Toit. La Dalle à Poly (end of the black circuit, on the boulder of Le Gruyère). --> Sitstart and climb the central "colonnette" as for Équivogue, but exit by traversing left along the lip. See also:  Équivogue 7a+, Équivogue direct 7b+,  Air Sweden 7b+, La Traversée du Splatch 7b+, Le Splatch de Grosminet 7c,  Air Sweden rallongé 7c+ (7c)
Air Sweden 7b+	roof / dyno / sitstart	Stefan Pettersson
topo nº12; sitstart 1m to the right of Splatch with left hand in an obvious pocket and right hand on a crimp, make a dyno out to the right big rail, follow this one for a few moves, traverse to the left and exit in Splatch. See also:  Équivogue 7a+,  Splatch 7b (7b+), Équivogue direct 7b+, La Traversée du Splatch 7b+, Le Splatch de Grosminet 7c,  Air Sweden rallongé 7c+ (7c)
Équivogue direct 7b+	overhang / slab / mantle	Manuel Marquès
topo nº12; on the boulder of Le Grand Toit, at the border of the ridge, on the left side along the GR 13, 100m past La Dalle à Poly (end of the black circuit, on the boulder of Le Gruyère). Sitstart under the roof, take the central "colonnette" and exit directly by the slab above. See also:  Équivogue 7a+,  Splatch 7b (7b+), La Traversée du Splatch 7b+,  Air Sweden 7b+, Le Splatch de Grosminet 7c,  Air Sweden rallongé 7c+ (7c)
Da Capo 7b+ (7c)	pillar / slopers / expo	Manuel Marquès
topo nº1; 100m underneath and slightly to the right of Gargamel. Direct version is 7c (7b+ using holds on the right).
Gargamel 7c	overhang / high	Thierry Guéguen
topo nº6; to the right and above the GR 13, on the first (5m) high boulder of Elephant West, 3m to the left of Transpotting.

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