Month: June 2011
Dolomiti: Giorno 6
Dolomiti: Giorno 5
Cham with my parents…
Dodging the Rain
Do two half-days equal a whole?
Saturday's weather was just about what we've come to expect in the North West this past two months, wet! Not since April has there been any meaningful nice weather. The result is that I've been getting weaker and weaker, to the point that last weekend I struggled on a F6a+. The ultimate price had to be paid...
One of Those Days
Today we had one of those days when nothing turns out right. As it had been already two weeks since my hands and feet (and knee!!) touched rock in Paklenica I became sort of restless. It didn’t take too much to convince Jenna and my friend Eva into a little adventure in Croatia again. This …
Dolomiti – giorno 4
Trekking to Rosetta Day 4 of our trek rewarded us with perhaps the best views of the trip, but first we had to retrace our steps, climbing the 840 m back to Passo Canali. From here we hiked over the snow to Forcella Miel, from where the views were stunning. We then followed route 707 …
Dolomiti – giorno 3
A less eventful trek to Rifugio Treviso We left Rifugio Pradidali on route 709 that led up a snow covered valley past the beautiful Lake Pradidali. After a few hours of walking we came to Passo della Fradusta and soon after we reached the Fradusta glacier and glacial lake. Then, another up and down on …
Dolomiti – giorno 2
A long day to Pradidali The weather in the morning of day 2 was a great improvement on that of the previous evening, so Richard and I walked up to the start of via ferrata Sentiero Attrezzato Dino Buzzati, to take a look at a route that was only 100 m long – unfortunately our …




