등정들 Dièdre Samson에서

Awesome. Such great adventure-sport climbing. Led clean P1, P3, P4, and had mixed success following clean on the other pitches. P5 and P8 were sandbagged in my opinion. It was so cold but was worth it.

Yes, this baby has earned a rare Mega Classic from me. 8 pitches, and not one of them less than "very good" in my books. The initial 4 very thin slab pitches lead to 4 steep and punchy pitches (including a tufa!) on the headwall. Seriously Alpine temps (we almost bailed after multiple pitches of screaming barfies) and we were obliged to tow way more cold weather gear than I ever have on a rock climb before. Led P2, P5, P6, P7, and P8, and 2nd clean all other pitches. Very psyched to onsight the nails and exposed 7a pitch (stuck the crux boulder by the skin of my teeth), but the ascent was marred by a fall at the end of the tufa boulder on the first 6c pitch. The last pitch became a shemozzle as we raced the darkess to the top to find the rap anchors in daylight.

The 7a pitch is definitely 7a! The harder the pitch, the coolest the climb!

https://verticalpirate-escalade.com/topos-escalade/france/le-verdon/paroi-du-duc-et-encastel/arbragifle/

https://verticalpirate-escalade.com/topos-escalade/france/le-verdon/paroi-du-duc-et-encastel/serie-limitee/

https://verticalpirate-escalade.com/topos-escalade/france/le-verdon/paroi-du-duc-et-encastel/valse-pour-manon-et-ange-raphael/