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"Peakbookvenner"
Pointes Lachenal traverse
- Dato:
- 13.05.2022
- Turtype:
- Alpin klatring
- Turlengde:
- 5:21t
- Distanse:
- 11,9km
Tredje og siste dag på tur i Chamonix. Etter to dager med isklatring (i svært behagelig temperatur!) var det deilig å avslutte oppholdet med to korte ryggtraverser fra Aiguille du Midi. Begynte dagen med å krysse Col du Midi-platået for å traversere Pointes Lachenal som har tre topper - vi gikk fra øst til vest, så den første toppen var enklest og krevde ikke noe mer enn å gå opp en 40-graders snøbakke. Deretter fulgte vi ryggen over andre toppen og tok en liten rappell ned til snøeggen mellom andre og tredje toppen. Den tredje og siste toppen var mest "krevende" og begynte med en slags kaminformasjon med et kort parti med 4er klatring (fremdeles med stegjern på). Fant gode hånd- og fottak etter litt leting og det var deilig å ha stein under hendene og føttene igjen! >>>
Cosmiques Arete
- Dato:
- 13.05.2022
- Turtype:
- Alpin klatring
Gikk over Cosmiquesryggen på vei tilbake til Aiguille du Midi etter å ha gått Pointes Lachenal traverse . Folksomt på ruta og litt kø før første rappell, men heldigvis klarte vi å passere de fleste taulagene og ikke bruke altfor mye tid på å komme oss opp til Aiguille du Midi-stasjonen :-) Det var faktisk veldig gøy å gå denne traversen igjen, 19 år etter første gang jeg gikk den i juli 2003. Hukommelsen min må være ganske dårlig, for jeg ikke husket noen ting fra den første turen, bortsett fra cruxet - en blank vegg av granitt på et par meter som nå er blitt mye "lettere" å gjøre med stegjern på da det er nesten skrapet ut skreddersydde hull til fronttaggene etter såpass mye trafikk her... Uansett, mye artigere enn å traske opp i snøen som vi gjorde dagen før!
Chere Couloir - Triangle du Tacul
- Dato:
- 12.05.2022
- Turtype:
- Isklatring
Andre dag på tur i Chamonix. Etter en ganske kul første dag med både ski og klatring var jeg enda mer gira på mer isklatring, og gjerne litt høyere da vi hadde oppdaget at isen under 3000m var blitt dårlig pga varmen (siste 3 dagene var >20 grader i Chamonix). Jeg hadde hørt mye om den mye omtalte Chere Couloir, en skikkelig Chamonix-klassiker på nordsiden av Mont Blanc du Tacul. Dessuten hadde vi hørt at forholdene på ruten var veldig bra, så det virket som et godt turmål for dagen. Hadde nok en "lat" alpinstart da vi tok første banen (kl. 8) opp til Aiguille du Midi. Her var det noen klatrekjendiser på tur (bl.a Colin Haley som er en venn av Dave) i tillegg til noen andre folk Dave kjente. Det var stort sett ski- og klatrefolk, ikke så mange turister. Mai er ikke >>>
Mini Blast - Aiguille du Blaitiere
- Dato:
- 11.05.2022
- Turtype:
- Isklatring
- Turlengde:
- 6:27t
Første tur i Chamonix-området med Dave. Jeg hadde pakket både ski- og alpinstøvler da jeg ikke visste om forholdene skulle egne seg best til topptur eller klatretur, så alle alternativene var dekket :-) Det var fremdeles for mye snø til å gå til fots, men derimot ganske gode forhold for isklatring, så Dave foreslo at vi prøver oss på en rute som heter "Mini Blast (D+)", ei smal renne i vestsiden av Aiguille de Blaitiere. Vi kunne benytte oss av heisen opp til Plan de l'Aiguille (midtstasjonen på Aiguille du Midi-banen) og så gå på ski opp til begynnelsen av klatringa. Jeg vet ikke om jeg var mest spent på å måtte gå på hard snø opp til starten av ruta eller på selve klatringa. Det har vært veldig lenge siden jeg klatret is med to økser! Kanskje forrige gang >>>
Schreckhorn
- Dato:
- 30.07.2020
- Turtype:
- Alpin klatring
- Turlengde:
- 13:20t
- Distanse:
- 13,5km
Unlike quite a few of the 4000m peaks I’ve climbed in the Alps in the last few years, the Schreckhorn has not actually stood at the top of my priority list for many years. It was really only after having heard about how awesome (and long) the Schreckhorn-Lauteraarhorn traverse was, from one of Tim’s friends who’d guided it last year, that it began to spark a bit of interest in me. I remember it having caught my eye when I did the Eiger traverse which ascends the Mittellegi ridge and descends the South ridge, but from that angle I thought it looked a bit bold for my climbing abilitiy (or lack of). Turns out the easiest route up the southwest ridge is actually “only” an AD+ with fairly easy climbing, not above III+. And having checked out various route descriptions it did sound like really nice, >>>
Grandes Jorasses
- Dato:
- 27.07.2020
- Turtype:
- Alpin klatring
- Turlengde:
- 9:48t
- Distanse:
- 8,3km
Following the brilliant first week of climbing, we had two easy days down in the valley back in Evolene which I mainly used for eating, drinking and sleeping plenty while also making plans for the second week. I’d earlier hoped that the Taschhorn-Dom traverse could be an option, but after having found out from the Swiss AlpineClub website that the Mischabel bivouac hut was closed for the season, it was obvious that this idea was not realistic – at least not this summer unfortunately. Having spent the week over in the Zermatt and Saas valleys, which I felt pretty familiar with now, I thought it would be quite nice to have a change of scenery and climb some other 4000ers in other regions of the Alps I hadn’t spent much time in. I was also quite keen to climb a “cool” mountain and so >>>
Nadelgrat
- Dato:
- 23.07.2020
- Turtype:
- Alpin klatring
- Turlengde:
- 14:05t
- Distanse:
- 18,7km
The northern Nadelgrat is made up of the Nadelhorn, Stecknadelhorn, Hohberghorn and Dirruhorn, the latter three which I had not yet climbed but of those three, only 2 are deemed to be principal 4000m peaks. Anyway, it was a traverse I’d had on my list to do and after numerous consultations with Martin Moran’s 4000m guidebook I had got the impression that the normal way to do it was from north to south, by ascending a couloir on the east side of the Dirrujoch between the Dirruhorn and Hohberghorn first and then continuing along the ridge southwards and descending the normal route on the Nadelhorn back to the Mischabel hut as a round trip. It turned out Tim had other ideas, which meant doing it as a one way traverse and ending up in the picturesque town of Grächen above the Zermatt valley >>>
Breithorn half traverse
- Dato:
- 21.07.2020
- Turtype:
- Alpin klatring
- Turlengde:
- 4:34t
- Distanse:
- 7,5km
After arriving back in Zermatt from the Zinalrothorn , we checked the weather forecasts again to make sure it would still be good weather for the next objectives we had planned to do. Originally the plan had been to head up to the Ayas hut, then traverse both Castor and Lyskamm the following day, spend the night up at the Margherita hut and then do both Nordend and the Dufourspitze on the thursday which was supposed to have the best weather and would have made a nice 3-day outing. Castor and Dufourspitze I had climbed previously, but not Lyskamm or Nordend, so they were still on the "to-do" list. However, since the forecast for the next 2 days were looking less optimal for a big day on exposed snow ridges, we moved onto my backup plan which was to do the Breithorn half traverse, a quick half day >>>
Zinalrothorn
- Dato:
- 20.07.2020
- Turtype:
- Alpin klatring
- Turlengde:
- 7:45t
- Distanse:
- 7,1km
The Zinalrothorn is a pretty cool looking peak, though I personally think its a bit dependent on which angle you see it from. Definitely awesome when viewed from the Ober Gabelhorn though :-) Like last year, I had 10 (fun) days of climbing with British mountain guide Tim Neill to look forward to and the Zinalrothorn seemed like a good option to start off with since neither of us were really well acclimatized to 4000m yet. I was a bit worried that I would have de-acclimatised after a few days of easy hiking in the Saas valley and not really going above 3300m, so it was probably good to be starting with a peak which didn’t have a massive summit day although the walk-in to the Rothorn hut was relatively long. Since I’d expected there to be reduced capacity at the alpine huts this summer, I made a booking >>>
Le Mammouth traverse
- Dato:
- 13.07.2020
- Turtype:
- Alpin klatring
- Turlengde:
- 2:21t
- Distanse:
- 3,5km
Since it was still early in the day when we came back down to the hut from the Trifthorn and Graham didn't feel like he'd done enough work for the day (not joking!) it was suggested to make the most of the dry weather by doing the traverse of Le Mammouth right behind the hut. I was still a bit tired from not having slept in the night, but eventually let myself get persuaded into doing it. Aga was convinced she'd be holding us back since she'd not done so much scrambling/climbing so she chose to stay behind at the hut and take a nap in the afternoon. So in the end we left around midday as the clouds were starting to roll in and walked back down the path from the hut to the foot of the ridge. It was good quality, fun scrambling with a few bits of downclimbing in between. It was supposed to take >>>
