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Wednesday Jun 27, 2018 #
4 AM
Mountaineering 7:02:27 [2] 5.1 km (0.7 kph) +1535m
shoes: Boreal Zanskar Boots
The big one. Piz Bernina (4049m) via the Biancograt, which is one of the classic ridgelines of the Alps. Also goes at grade AD III which is the hardest alpine route I've done, with plenty of roped climbing and abseils along the narrow, exposed ridge. Conditions were pretty perfect, except for the strong wind which made things pretty chilly when the going was slow.
We were strong on the easier (less-technical) sections, getting a good position in the inevitable queue along the crux 400m horizontal crest. Our rope management definitely needs some work and we had guided parties climbing over/through/around us when we took too long to set up an abseil. Gotta keep it safe though! Took us just over 3 hours for those 400m to the summit! Straightforward glacier descent from there to the Marco e Rosa Hut, with another 2 abseils along the way.
Such a full-on day!!
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move226391594
We were strong on the easier (less-technical) sections, getting a good position in the inevitable queue along the crux 400m horizontal crest. Our rope management definitely needs some work and we had guided parties climbing over/through/around us when we took too long to set up an abseil. Gotta keep it safe though! Took us just over 3 hours for those 400m to the summit! Straightforward glacier descent from there to the Marco e Rosa Hut, with another 2 abseils along the way.
Such a full-on day!!
http://www.movescount.com/moves/move226391594