Punta Col de Varda, Misurina
Nobody told Bernie it was an abseil descent!! Bernie does a nice pitch, high on Punta Col de Varda. End of a perfect Dolomite day, Cinque Torre. What more can you say….??
Month: July 2007
A walk on the not so wild side
What a view! (photo by Paul) Today, the weather was as forecasted, fantastic. The clear crisp morning would have been perfect conditions for heroic activities at 4000m, but not for us. During the early hours of the morning, there was sudden and alarming activity in the Sterling residence; as first Pete, and then Boris, made …
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The theme (look and feel) used for Sterling Adventures has been developed with lots of love and care! Although it probably isn’t perfect (or even working in some places – software is never bug-free), but I am fairly proud of it. 😳 So, first off lets give credit where it’s due… Apple’s iWeb Modern template …
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Dolomite Cat
Well cats, seems we’re in the silly season while the ‘A’ team await a weather window on the Verte. Watch for the lenticular cloud, as the old boys used to say, and run like..anything if it comes. Meanwhile, how do you like this nice cat that I came across in the Dolomites last week?
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Laetitia gets the Swiss Army knife out…
Laetitia contemplates a knife? (photo by Paul) Pete’s plan A today seemed to also be plan A for every beginner in the valley. We approached Valorcine and found it heaving with would be climbers. Every route was occupied by young students learning the ropes. Crowds of beginners! We managed to find a route that isn’t …
La Grande Dalle d’Amone
Yes this slab (sorry, wall, Terry) was “Grande” and great fun too. Although I think we got off route a bit at one point finding ourselves in the middle of very blank slab some way above the last protection! But that isn’t surprising, we had no guidebook, just Paul’s vague recollection of the route from …
Plan B
Paul and Boris We said we’d get back to Le Chapeau (it was good last time) – and today the poor forecast coupled with our forgetting the guidebook meant we needed a plan B; Chapeau… Paul, Boris, Laetitia and Pete grabbed four excellent granite slab routes before today’s thunderstorms started. Testing moves on a 6c …