Mont Blanc GROUP > Grandes Jorasses > Climber's LogGrandes Jorasses Climber's Log
|
|
[ Sign the Climber's Log ]
|
| ericvola | Walker spur  Date Climbed: Aug 29, 1962 | |
| That summer the weather was so good that the Walker spur was done as many times as since its first ascent by Riccardo Cassin in 1938. With my pal, Habib, we were used as 'porters' by our friend Denise Escande who was climbing with her guide 'Cabri' (Theron). They gave us so much gear and food to carry that the morning of our second bivouac (we did not stop at the Leschaux hut but went up and made a bivouac under the Rebuffat cracks) that we threw overboard many 'luxuries' which we decided were now far too heavy for our backs and unecessary! Furthermore Denise decided that I needed a new pair of boots as mine had holes in front, and I exchanged a new pair for 2 karabiners with a guide at the EHM. We were so heavily loaded that we were overtaken by 1 party: Gerard Devouassoux with Yvon Masino who were the second to climb it in one day (13h) after C. Bonington and I. Clough (2 days before). We made the 18th ascent. | |
| Posted Nov 11, 2012 10:10 am | ||
| Silvia Mazzani | Punta Walker Date Climbed: Jul 22, 1990 | |
| Normal route from Boccalatte Hut. | |
| Posted Jul 26, 2012 5:49 pm | ||
| PeteThompson | Walker Spur. Climbed August 1980 | |
| Climbed with Walter Phipps during my first season in the Alps. Bivied high on the route and a storm came in. Joined other climbers at the bivi to finish the route in difficult conditions. Memorable. | |
| Posted Aug 27, 2010 11:13 am | ||
| MichaelJ | Pt. Whymper via traverse Date Climbed: Jul 27, 2006 | |
| Reached Pt. Whymper with Thomas on day two of the traverse just as a storm was breaking. We skipped Pt. Walker and descended the normal route with snow falling and lightning making our axes hum. | |
| Posted Aug 22, 2006 7:02 pm | ||
| francoisecall | Route Climbed: Normal route Date Climbed: july 2004 | |
| Dangerous in the summer. Should have thought about it: a south facing glacier! Several narrow escapes from "coulees" and "holes". | ||
| Posted Nov 29, 2005 3:41 pm | ||
| Plizi | Route Climbed: normal route from south Date Climbed: june 2001 | |
| Easy climb to mysterious mountain but you must be care | |
| Posted Jun 21, 2002 4:36 am | ||
| bruno.carbonne | Route Climbed: North face, Walker Spur Date Climbed: july 1983 | |
| Very young and full of enthousiasm, we went to this route with two friends Jacques and Yves and almost no experience (as far as I was concerned) in mountain climbing. The whether was very hot this year and the top of the route was almost dry, which is unusual. Several other climbers were in the north face, causing lots of rock falls. Our progression was so slow that we had to bivy twice ! It took a long time before I came back to mountain climbing after this adventure. Useless to say that this route requires a lot of experience in mountain climbing though the intrinsic difficulty of the pitches is not that high. | |
| Posted Apr 17, 2002 2:00 pm | ||
| Rhino Holding Messer | Date Climbed: jun 1997 | |
| juck | ||
| Posted Apr 16, 2002 7:39 am | ||
|