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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
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From Aiguille Rouge
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From Eperon Nord, North West slabs of
Aiguille du Peigne
Category: Climbing
Climbing – rock, ice, mountains, boulders, etc.
Sub-categorised for finer classification…
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.
After the adventures of yesterday we were looking for a more relaxed day today. We headed to the top of the Index chairlift.
We left Chamonix early and arrived at the Aiguille du Plan with frost still covering the grass – the north facing cliff we’d selected for today’s adventures was going to be cold!
