Diga di Luzzone in Valle di Blenio

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Diga di Luzzone in Valle di Blenio

by Lolli » Sat Apr 09, 2011 9:06 pm

What's the story behind the route on the dam?
La via artificiale in Diga di Luzzone in Valle di Blenio?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lARdpsbz8ZQ&feature=player_embedded
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Re: Diga di Luzzone in Valle di Blenio

by WouterB » Sun Apr 10, 2011 10:51 pm

Ha, cool. I was real close to that last weekend. Might drive up one of the coming weeks to check it out. I'll ask around here, someone will know more about it.

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Re: Diga di Luzzone in Valle di Blenio

by WouterB » Mon Apr 11, 2011 2:23 pm

The Diga di Luzzone is both a working dam and one of the largest artificial climbing walls in the world.

Bolted in the 1990s, this spot in Switzerland is home to one of the two largest man-made climbing routes in the world, a 540-foot, five-pitch monster that curves its way up the side of the Luzzone dam. As climbers go through the pitches, the concave wall changes character, starting off slabby, then straightening out to vertical.

Visitors who want to throw down on the dam will need to pay 20 Swiss francs each to get the keys to unlock the ladder that crosses the first section. For those of us who just want to live the experience vicariously, this video should be more than enough.

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Re: Diga di Luzzone in Valle di Blenio

by Lolli » Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:02 pm

Thank you very much!
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Re: Diga di Luzzone in Valle di Blenio

by WouterB » Wed Apr 13, 2011 8:16 pm

Apparantly it's a 6a+, so you might want to train a little first :wink:


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