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Rockfax App Update to Version 1.3 - Languedoc-Roussillon Now Available Gear News

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France : Languedoc-Roussillon has now been added to the Rockfax App. This is the book that covers the areas from the Ardèche, through the Gorges du Tarn and de la Jonte, and on to Thaurac, Seynes, Russan and Orgon amongst others.

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This now means that all four existing guidebooks to French areas are now available with Chamonix to follow when it is published this summer.

This package contains 3,100 routes on 17 crags. You can buy it in smaller packages if that suits.

It is available now via the Crags Tab > Downloads for £19.99 or as 10 separate bundles.

Crags included

Chaulet Plage, Mazet Plage, Actinidias, Le Cirque des Gens, Les Branches, Gorge du Tarn, Gorge de la Jonte, Le Boffi, Cantobre, Thaurac, Hortus, Claret, Seynes, Russan, Mont Gaussier, Mouriès, Orgon


Version 1.3 Available

We have also released version 1.3 of the App. This should automatically update via the App Store but you may need to check if you have set your Apps to updated manually.

== New Features ==

  • Share routes from the route list (press and hold), or the share button in the route drawer when looking at a topo. This creates an image with the route marked on it you can send to your mates by text, Facebook or email to get them fired up.
  • Crags (installed or not) are searchable from spotlight.
  • Installed routes are searchable from spotlight.
  • Added a notification to inform when the connection to the app store has been made (so there's no need to keep tapping the download buttons to find out).
  • More about the Rockfax App
  • Download now from the App Store



For more information rockfax.com



26 May, 2016
Hi, sorry to be quite pedantic here, but since the French region system is being reorganised, I think it could be a good occasion to rename this guidebook. Midi-Pyrenees and Languedoc-Roussillon have been merged into a single region. The name has yet to be found but will probably be around the lines of Languedoc or Occitanie (but that's another issue) A few things that grate me a little with the name of this guidebook: - half the crags in this guidebook are not in the former Languedoc-Roussillon region (Ardeche, Aveyron, Bouches-du-Rhone) - none of the crags are actually in Roussillon I understand that naming a guide is not easy and that you want to stick to an already defined concept that will not always overlap completely with the area of the book (Western Grit depicts some Cheshire crags, and that's fine as they are outliers). However the overlap of the Languedoc-Roussillon region and the crags of the book is not very good, and the title is a bit misleading for someone familiar with French geography. The concept of Languedoc-Roussillon will disappear soon and that could be a good occasion to rethink the name of the guidebook. More appropriate and accurate names could be found. Languedoc would already be better (as it skips the Roussillon part), Central southern France would be more accurate (not very sexy though), From the Gorges du Tarn to the Ardeche, etc. Sorry about the rant.
26 May, 2016
Thanks for that feedback. I was aware of this situation and we will be renaming that book when we do a new edition. With this being the App version corresponding to an iexistng book, then it is important to keep our two different format versions in sync though. Alan
26 May, 2016
Yes of course, that makes sense. Thanks for the clarification.
26 May, 2016
*Cough* still no android app *cough*
I'm working flat out on it. It's coming this year come hell or high water!
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