We tried to climb the south ridge of the Becca. Went from Vittorio E. to the Colle dell' Gran Paradiso in a bit more than the 2 hours the Rother-führer prescribes.
The first 200 m. of III degree rock took us too long: it seemed much harder and the rock was very loose. Also the weather was very threatening, so we desided to turn back. Too bad, because the ridge looked beautifull!
It seems to me that this route is repeated very little. The ward of the V.E. hut couldn't give more info on the protection. The book of the hut gave no reports of people attempting the route in the last two years. Maybe it's because of the fact that the route isn't quite homoguenus?
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