{"id":523,"date":"2011-10-09T21:37:33","date_gmt":"2011-10-09T18:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patagonia.fi\/blog\/?p=523"},"modified":"2012-03-10T13:38:29","modified_gmt":"2012-03-10T11:38:29","slug":"dolomites-october-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.patagonia.fi\/blog\/2011\/10\/dolomites-october-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"Dolomites, Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had a four day weekend in Dolomites in the beginning of October 2011 with Teppo Saarenp\u00e4\u00e4 from Turku. The original plan was flying to Milano and climbing whatever in condition. We discussed Marmolada, Tre Cime, Val di Mello and Valle del Orco among other options. We even discussed driving all the way to Calanques if everything else was out of condition. But this time we didn’t need to utilise any of the plan B’s. Two days before the trip Teppo asked me if we had won the lottery. The prognosis was isotherm 3800 and blue skies for Dolomites for four days! It was more or less summer conditions and this was the first weekend of October…<\/p>\n

Our plane landed in Milano at 22.30 and we started driving towards Marmolada one hour later. Somewhere after Trento we put up the tent and in three hours we were on the road again. Once we arrived at the Marmolada parking it was already 9 AM. One thing was sure – we weren’t going to climb up the hill and walk down again in one day. After all Marmolada was supposed be about 800 meters of steep limestone. As we couldn’t see any such wall from the parking spot we guessed it would be a fair bit of walking before the climb, too. Understanding the circumstances we packed bivy gear with us and planned a bivy on the mid way ledges.<\/p>\n

Marmolada: Vinazer (6+, 800m) – October 1st, 2011<\/span><\/p>\n

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