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From My Dad's Birthday and Debauchery...
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From SMC Meet at RLH
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From Holiday With Doggies - Part 2,
Dolomites and Venice
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From Holiday With Doggies - Part 1, Arco
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From Piz Ciavazes - Rossi/Tomasi Route
(and a lesson learned)
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From Last Day of Cragging at Gaillands
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From Aiguille du Tour
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From Vajolet Towers - Delagokante
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From Slabs and cake at Les Cheserys
Category: Climbing
Climbing – rock, ice, mountains, boulders, etc.
Sub-categorised for finer classification…
… all in the same weekend.
While the BBC confidently proclaimed what wonderful sunny weather we would all be having at the weekend, in Cumbria it was drizzling, foggy, and damp. Why do those dim witted Londoners regularly fail to see beyond the end of their noses?
It’s not only Terry and Bernie who fancied the Dolomites this summer.
This summer I planned our holiday to Lake Como (Lecco) with the kids. The kids, on the other hand, planned a holiday to Lake Garda (Arco) with me.
Seen from from the Sella Pass road, the Piz Ciavazes cannot fail to impress – a massive wall of steep, good rock which breaks abruptly two thirds the way up at the ‘Gamsband’. Most routes proceed no further than this level, since the upper tier is said to be poor rock. Even more impressive is …
The morning dawned misty in the valley, so after a late breakfast of pain au chocolat and coffee in town we had a late start for a short midday session at Les Gaillands. The crag was deserted, as the holiday period was over, or was it because only English climb in the heat of the …
Usually when we’re in Chamonix, I don’t often get the opportunity to do an easy route, but with Ian supporting me we persuaded Pete to go for the easy but classic Aiguille du Tour.
The Delagokante is the one that features in every Dolomite calendar, numerous postcards and picture books.
With the promise of an afternoon thunderstorm and aching, ageing limbs, I was pleased that we had decided to head for the relatively close Les Cheserys up at the Col des Montets.
