Graie Alps > Mont Blanc GROUP > Aiguille du Dru (or Les Drus) > Climber's Log
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| Ross4 | Ross4.  | |
| 1958 Bonatti Pillar,. Was on the first Brit ascent ,I think about the 5th ascent overall. Turned into an epic ,injury and storm . but got to summit in 3 days. | |
| Posted Dec 23, 2010 1:10 pm | ||
| ich | Route Climbed: dru westface hemming robbins Date Climbed: 30.7.-1.8.2004 | |
| great route with perfect rock until the bivouacledge after the 90m diedre. the last pitches in the westface before you move to the north face are quite loose - due to a big rockfall, the last pitch in the westface is completely missing but it´s still possible if you keep rihgt and then traverse left to the huge ledge on the edge of the northface. still a great climb with a very, very long descent | ||
| Posted Sep 3, 2004 5:22 am | ||
| UlrichPrinz | Route Climbed: North East Couloir Date Climbed: 21.March.2003 | |
| There was enough ice in the couloir, and climbing with Urs Odermatt was a delight. The mixed Pitches were just flying by ;-) It took us 7 hours and we rapelled down the same side that we came up. Some Pictures of our Tour can be found here: http://ulrichprinz.de/alpin/fr/drucouloir | |
| Posted Apr 28, 2003 1:14 am | ||
| UlrichPrinz | Route Climbed: North East Couloir Date Climbed: 21.March.2003 | |
| There was enough ice in the couloir, and climbing with Urs Odermatt was a delight. The mixed Pitches were just flying by ;-) It took us 7 hours and we rapelled down the same side that we came up. Some Pictures of our Tour can be found here: http://ulrichprinz.de/alpin/fr/drucouloir | |
| Posted Apr 28, 2003 1:14 am | ||
| bruno.carbonne | Route Climbed: Grand Dru, South pilar, Contamine route Date Climbed: July 1983 | |
| Our initial plan was to climb the SW Bonatti pilar at the petit Dru. We decided to climb this route at the last moment because of rock falls when trying to reach the "flammes de pierre". | |
| Posted Jun 23, 2002 9:32 pm | ||
| bruno.carbonne | Route Climbed: West face, American direct Date Climbed: august 1st 2000 | |
| nice ascent with colleague and friend Martin Brunel. very sound rock, rather physical climb despite not extreme difficulty according to the topo. We had to wait several months for adequate weather conditions. However, we had to stop at the "bloc coincé" because of recent snowfall and ice in the final part. | |
| Posted Apr 4, 2002 2:54 pm | ||
| Bernhard Sauer | Route Climbed: SW Pillar (Bonatti pillar) Date Climbed: August 1990 | |
| great climb...not much belays/pitons these days...during we climbed the SW Pillar there had been a great rock fall in the West Face which killed lots of climbers | |
| Posted Jan 25, 2002 7:08 am | ||
| Bernhard Sauer | Route Climbed: West Face - Hemming/Robins Date Climbed: August 1985 | |
| great climb...good rock...tough way back with rappeling and climbing on the south side | |
| Posted Jan 25, 2002 7:06 am | ||
| dirkclaessen | Route Climbed: SW pillar (Bonatti pillar) Date Climbed: august 1991 | |
| Magnificent 600 meter rockclimb that can be climbed free. Long and sometimes dangerous approach. We choose the approach via the "Flammes de pierre", which is longer but safer than the more direct approach at the base of the westface. Altough the route is a french ED+ when climbed free (otherwise TD+), there were a lot of parties present which caused some rockfall and delay. We had to bivouac during the descend of the voie normal. | ||
| Posted Dec 24, 2001 3:08 am | ||
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