Ascents in Monte Garzo

tecnical slab, harder than 5C, big runout on some section.

Via bella, purtroppo difficile da raggiungere a causa di un albero caduto ai piedi della parete

The route is very sustain, 2nd (6a) pitch was an easiest for us. Liked it very much!

A half of all pitches were in lead and clean, the rest was in second with few slips and aids.

I think the 5b grading is quite tight. I understand why it is 5b, given the region, but for most folks approaching it like a 5c would be more informative. My personal grading would be 5a,5c,5b+,5a,5a. Expect 4-5m runouts is some tricky parts and maybe up to 8m in easy parts at the top. Overall really cool climb.

Unten Plattig oben steil mit Leisten

Watch out for loose flakes!

Schöne Tour. Leider wächst sie langsam zu.

Descente dans la voie au 10eme relais pour cause d'orage. Dommage!

What an adventure! I already knew I'm not the best slab climber, but this was an entirely different level. At first it seemed easy enough, but I soon realized that I had no idea how to work this. After trying the first pitch and seeing mantra fall several times in second pitch (a mere 6a!), I gave up on leading anything here. I did not regret that choice. We made it 5 pitches up, but accidentally went into a different route on the 5th, instead of traversing to the left. Assuming that the remainder would just he the same style but even harder, we decided not to track back and called it a day.

Schwierige Plattenkleterei. Mit 2*60m Seil kann 2 mal abgeseilt werden. Dragon-Cam 2 und 3 sind nützlich.