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Gendarme d'Orny

Date:
14.08.2017
Characteristic:
Sport climbing
Duration:
3:00h

Before heading back down to Champex-Lac we took breakfast at the Orny hut at 7am before going out to climb a route called Papa Paye (5b) on Gendarme d'Orny (route 4) but with the 5c+ final pitch of Papa Paye Encore (route 3). Despite my initial scepticism at the start of the climb it actually turned out to be a really enjoyable route, although I was pretty glad I was a) not doing any of the leading and b) not carrying a rucksack..... After abseiling off the route we walked back down to the Breya chairlift (1 hour-ish) and set course for Courmayeur in Italy from where we'd be hopping onto yet another lift to get up to the Torino hut!

Aiguille d'Orny

Date:
13.08.2017
Characteristic:
Climbing
Duration:
6:00h

After a partly wet Friday which we used to do yet another via ferrata at Saillon (named Via Farinetta, TD+), Saturday finally brought good weather and it appeared that the weather would remain good until at least Tuesday or Wednesday. However the constant downpours of rain at valley-level had also produced massive dumps of new snow from around 3000m, so even though the good weather was back, the high mountain ridges weren’t necessarily in condition. Fortunately we didn’t have any solid objectives for these 2 weeks so we were essentially free to make plans according to weather and conditions. Aiguille d’Orny became the new objective for Sunday so we did a few single pitch 5a/5b climbs at Dorenaz early on Saturday morning before driving up to Champex-Lac to get the Breya chairlift at 2188m >>>

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Grand Perron traverse

Date:
09.08.2017
Characteristic:
Climbing
Duration:
6:45h

After a day of rain and only having done a quick and easy via ferrata at Nax on Tuesday, the weather forecast for Wednesday looked more promising with the last of the rain and fog supposed to clear in the morning. There was even a chance of seeing sunshine later in the day! However, since bad weather was forecasted again on both Thursday and Friday it seemed like the best option would be to do a day trip. We also made a plan to switch our rest day from Saturday to Thursday so we could make the most of the good weather which was forecasted to be coming at the start of the weekend. With this in mind Sami suggested either doing some rock climbing in the valley or the Grand Perron traverse. Both Linda and I agreed that a high level ridge traverse would be a far more interesting option than valley >>>

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Lagginhorn South Ridge

Date:
07.08.2017
Characteristic:
Alpine trip
Duration:
7:30h

First route of a two-week trip with Linda who I’d met up with a few days earlier and our Finnish guide Sami who was working for Frost Guiding based in Evolene. The weather forecast wasn’t all that promising for the majority of the week but Monday was supposed to be fairly good with sunny weather. After some discussions about what we’d already done and what sort of routes we wanted to do, we decided to start with the south ridge of the Lagginhorn, a long AD ridge route which was now in good, dry condition after several days of warm and sunny weather. It seemed like a good objective since Linda had done a lot of fairly hard rock climbing in the US but never done any short-roping before on easier grade routes in the Alps. We planned to drive over to Saas Grund on Sunday morning and take >>>

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Cabane des Aiguilles Rouges

Date:
04.08.2017
Characteristic:
Walk
Duration:
3:00h

Gikk en tur til Cabane des Aiguille Rouges på formiddagen for å få litt lufting. Tok bussen fra Evolene til La Gouille og fulgte stien som gikk først mot Lac Bleu og så videre til hytta. Det ble en veldig varm tur opp! Men heldigvis skyet det til og temperaturen var noe behageligere da jeg gikk ned på den slakere stien som sluttet i Arolla.

Pointe du Bandon

Date:
03.08.2017
Characteristic:
Hillwalk

Akklimatiseringstur i lag med Linda. Vi tok første buss fra Evolene til Les Hauderes da en tidlig start fristet mtp at det var meldt varmt vær i dag. Byttet buss i Les Hauderes for å komme oss videre til La Sage. Fulgte stien i retning Col du Tsaté før jeg etter hvert gikk opp på den sørlige ryggen på Pointe du Bandon og Linda fortsatte mot Moiryhytta. God sti opp til ryggen, men derfra ble det kun gress og løs stein. Mye løs stein faktisk. Fortoppen var også noe løs og jeg var i tvil på om jeg hadde lyst til å hoppe over et hakk under den lille toppen for å kunne fortsette mot det høyeste punkt på Pointe du Bandon som var kun 10m høyere. Så jeg avsluttet turen på fortoppen og ble trøstet med en OK utsikt mot Glacier de Moiry og de mange flotte toppene rundt breen. Gikk >>>

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Tromsdalstinden

Date:
28.07.2017
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Distance:
14.5km

Dødsvarmt og tungt opp. 2l med drikke i sekken var knapt nok, skulle gjerne hatt med en halvliter/liter til! Ble rolig nedover også. Men en fin luftetur som alltid :)

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Store Blåmann

Date:
26.07.2017
Characteristic:
Hillwalk

Flott etterjobbtur med Martine, men turen ble noe tyngre enn først antatt. Trodde at det skulle bli en rolig tur opp men hun ombestemte seg for å gå i treningstempo når hun fant ut at kroppen funket bedre enn forventet! Men det var perfekt temperatur iallefall :)

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Skamtinden

Date:
25.07.2017
Characteristic:
Hillwalk
Duration:
3:30h

Startet denne tirsdagen med en frokostbikintur til Skamtinden med frøken Isaksen :)

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Hamperokken

Date:
23.07.2017
Characteristic:
Hike
Duration:
5:30h

Det ble den årlige tur til Hamperokken i lag med spreke Kamila i dag. Som alltid på en typisk Hamperokkentur fikk vi knallfint vær, flott ryggvandring og en herlig utsikt og vi kom tilbake med store smiler, noen insektbitt og stive knær. Takk for en superduper tur Kamila!

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