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MichaelJPt. Whymper via traverse  Sucess!
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

andrea.itNormal

Normal route from ref. Boccalatte.Climb stopped in the middle of the Rocher Wimper.Rocks covered by verglass and also route not easy to find in the darkness.Too much for my skills.
Posted Feb 22, 2006 8:20 pm

monacoRoute Climbed: Ypercouloir Date Climbed: 12/11/2005
incredible gully, a crack in perfect red rock looking to the sun.

really bad ice...thinking about the comino-grassi ascent in 1978 with straight axes makes me feel small.

quite 10h walking for only 300m ice, only for serial climber...really out of guidelines of contemporary alpinisme...but so modern, 30 years ahead its time.
Posted Jan 5, 2006 7:14 am

francoisecallRoute Climbed: Normal route Date Climbed: july 2004  Sucess!
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

PliziRoute Climbed: normal route from south Date Climbed: june 2001  Sucess!

Easy climb to mysterious mountain but you must be

care
Posted Jun 21, 2002 4:36 am

bruno.carbonneRoute Climbed: North face, Walker Spur Date Climbed: july 1983  Sucess!

Very young and full of enthousiasm, we went to this route with two friends Jacques and Pascal and almost no experience 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 MesserDate Climbed: jun 1997  Sucess!
juck
Posted Apr 16, 2002 7:39 am

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