Ascensões em Dreifingerturm

#meisterweg

Classic chimney adventure. Quite well-protected start, you can place big slings just before the entrance to the chimney, which is good because that is the hardest part of the route. Quite a narrow gap to squeeze through, luckily there are a few footholds on the left wall and there's even one bigger hold on the inside. After that, it's 40 meters of unprotected chimney. After around 15 meters, it gets wider and there's a big rib in the back. I made my upward progress by jamming my fist and left leg into the left crack while jamming my right foot toe to heel into the right one. Certainly possible to just stem all the way, but this somehow felt safer. I set up belay on the ledge after 30 meters. The last 10 meters of chimney are pure stemming bliss, almost entirely without any disturbing footholds. :-D From the "middle finger", it's one small step and an easy groove to the main summit.

40m Chimney. the first 10m are the hardest. After that no protection whatsoever