Category Archives: Alpine Climbing

Weekend on the Marmolada

Last weekend we had a a fairly productive weekend on the Dolomites with Teppo. Our plane arrived in Milano at 7 pm on Friday evening. The weather forecast was crappy everywhere else but the Dolomites looked very promising. The week … Continue reading

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Gondo, Switzerland

Gondoschlucht is a small ice climbing site on the Swiss/Italian border near Milan. The base is at 1100 meters of altitude and most of the ice falls are in the 150-300 meters range with difficulties of WI3 and upwards. It … Continue reading

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Cerro Torre and the bolts

There has been some discussion and a lot of spray on this issue on Supertopo. I’d just like to highlight some of the posts here so they don’t get lost in the bit universe. The thread is now 1200+ post … Continue reading

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Norway winter climbing

Norway has been a black spot on my mountaineering map. It’s a big country with loads of mountains and it’s situated relatively close to my home but I’ve rarely visited there. I’ve tried to gather some information about climbing there … Continue reading

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