August 16th, 2011, Perry, Mike and I climbed the “Arete Des Cosmiques” (pictured) on the Aiguille du Midi in the French Alps. Its a classic ice & rock climb high up (11k feet), and exposed to air beneath the boots. It was interesting. Thanks Perry for the best bday gift ever (Father and son climbing ;). In the photo you can see a few climbers on the very top part of the route.
Aug 18th. Climbed this route on the Triangle on Mont Blanc du Tacul with Mike Powers. The route is called “Goulotte Chere”. Good conditions today. This is a big ice route. Almost no rock climbing. Nice climbing!
We arrived in Courmayeur on Sunday Aug 14th. On Monday, due to bad weather on Mont Blanc up high, we climbed an easy 8 pitch rock climb in Aosta. Tuesday weather had improved so we climbed the “Arête Des Cosmiques” an exposed rock and ice climb that runs up to the Auguille du midi. There are only a few hard parts, but they are made much more spicy due to the exposure with thousands of feet of free air beneath your crampons and boots. Looking down onto the glacier below the climbers look like small ants.
Tomorrow the plan is an early start to get up the “Guolotte Chere” an 8 pitch ice climb (Wi4)…
Next week Perry and I are climbing in the Italian alps. We are staying in Courmayer on the Italian side of Mont Blanc
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This is the Grand Jorasses it the Italian Alps. I plan to climb it this August with Steve House during my August vacation.
A few months ago Beamer and I climbed the Ingraham icefall direct route on Rainier. It was “spicy”…….
Massive Crevasse
At the summit
While climbing the Ingraham Direct route on Mt. Rainier, this was a ladder which had been placed over one of the (many) crevasses we had to cross over. It’s not as scary as it looks, and, as you can see in the picture, we are roped together in case of a fall.
