Ah, Ceillac - the shortest walk-ins we've seen, and some reliable ice too! So once again we managed to knock off two routes in a day ...
The first was Formes du Chaos, where we were followed by a French father
/ son team (Son doing all the leading; Dad enjoying a day out for his
birthday) who lamented the shape of the ice fall this year: it was, like
everything else in the Alps, a little on the thin side.
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Apparently there isn't usually this gaping hole ... |
But there was enough good ice to climb, or the gorge was narrow enough
to bridge between the rock and ice (funky moves required - particularly
to avoid the bloody streak a previous party had left behind ...!)
But thankfully the very top pitch was a bit more solid, giving Jen a chance to jump on lead.
As the day was still young, we headed across to the one-pitch wonder of
Sombre Heroes (or as we keep calling it, Sober Heroes). We soloed up the
first easy bit before Mark headed up the amazing pillar ...
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An awesome pitch |