{"id":835,"date":"2012-08-19T19:34:43","date_gmt":"2012-08-19T16:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patagonia.fi\/blog\/?p=835"},"modified":"2012-12-08T23:13:42","modified_gmt":"2012-12-08T21:13:42","slug":"traverse-of-the-grandes-jorasses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.patagonia.fi\/blog\/2012\/08\/traverse-of-the-grandes-jorasses\/","title":{"rendered":"Traverse of the Grandes Jorasses!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The traverse of the Grandes Jorasses is one of the bigger routes I’ve been eyeing at for a decade now. It’s number 73 in Rebuffat’s book ‘The 100 Finest Routes of the Mont Blanc Massif’. By modern standards the climbing is not hard but it’s exposed, long and committing.<\/p>\n

“A magnificent traverse, always at high altitude, on mixed terrain, and taking two days. <\/em>The place is isolated and you are very close to the mountain, aware of the closeness of wind and cloud, snow and rock. Perhaps too you will feel the satiscation of a true mountain venture, far from hotel-like huts, telepheriques, caravan of climbers which are sometimes all too noisy; your isolation will lend to the air you breath and the light around you. <\/em>The route should not be attempted except in good weather. It is the most unpleasant to be caught by a storm on the crest of the Jorasses, especially if there is lightning, or if you’re between the Pointe Marquerite and the Pointe Croz.” – Gaston Rebuffat
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