Roches II

Rivière des Roches II, Rivière des Roches Last Update: 18.02.2024 by Wolfgang Streicher
Country: France
Subregion: La Réunion / Reunion
Town: Saint-Benoît
v3 a4 III
3h20
35min
2h30
15min
130m
80m
50m
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25m
2x25m
4
1150m
on Foot
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Summary:
River that can largely be navigated by kayak. Partly cut into lava corridors with longer walks and swims, interrupted by steps that can be rappelled, sometimes slid or jumped. This is the second-to-last part, starting at the "Bassin la Mer" or in the Grand Bras side canyon above the Bassin la Mer. It exits after the "Bassin du Chien" in the following "Bassin Jeunesse"/"B. Longor"/"Bassin Anaïs". Clarification: Contrary to the usual practice, the parts are organized with Roman numerals (I to V) and not in ascending order from top to bottom, but following the structure of Pascal Colas in his book, from bottom to top. This means that the lowest ascent part has the number I, the highest the number V. In the following, we are dealing with part II, i.e. the 2nd part from the bottom, which is also the 4th part from the top. In some cases, sections II and I are not separated, e.g. in the writings and in Ricaric's book, where only the "Rivière des Roches" is mentioned. The transparency of the descriptions also suffers from the fact that, for example, the entry points are indicated differently. Pascal Colas, for example, wants to enter part II via the orographic right-hand side stream Grand Bras, while others only start the descent at the outflow of the "Bassin la mer". In some descriptions, Part I overlaps with Part II when the entry into the last Part I is above the "Bassin Chien" and not at the "Bassin Longor", as described elsewhere. In addition, the names of the individual lake-like pools are not uniform. For example, the large pond named "Bassin Longor" by Ricaric is called "Bassin Jeunesse" on openstreetmap, while Pascal Colas refers to it as the "grand bassin après le bassin du Chien", i.e. the large basin after the Bassin des Hundes. Other maps also use the term "Bassin Anaïs". However, there is agreement on the names "Bassin la Mer" and "Bassin la Paix". In some cases - especially in Ricaric's work - distinctive places are given their own names; see "Tour" for more details. The structure of Pascal Colas is used here with certain modifications. The descriptions (parts I and II) at descente-canyon.com also correspond to this.

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