Via Ferrata - The unexpected climb!

On a hot Thursday, I was invited to go rock climbing around the Bastille area, and as I had seen that there was a sort of adventure climbing activity right at the top, I was happy to go along! It turned out that I had been thinking of the wrong thing entirely..
This was Via Ferrata (look it up on Wikipedia), where we were climbing an almost sheer face, with a group of French friends who apparently do it all the time. You just turn up with your own gear, and do what you want, there is a course of metal rings and small metal things to stand on that go up and along the rock face. One of the guys had 5 harnesses, so we all put one on and slowly made our way up the rock face.

I'm the one with the white top!

It wasn't only rock climbing, but there were also ropes to walk along high above the bush below too!

Don't ask how the photo got taken!

It was actually terrifying at the beginning! I definitely didn't know what I was getting myself in for, but I really enjoyed it, and it was a challenge that I wouldn't have gone after myself but it was amazing! Especially getting  told what I should be doing in French!

Even though it was one of the absolute best things I have done since I've been here, you definitely can't miss the look of happy relief on my face once I had crossed that final bridge at the end!