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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 19, 2006 - 10:53pm PT
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...And out the other side into open territory:
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 19, 2006 - 11:02pm PT
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No sittin' around in the cold belays fer us,
Just leashed in, cabled up 'an boogeyin':
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 19, 2006 - 11:06pm PT
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This particular route has a nice sub-top-out with grand views of Cortina, far below:
It was a bit too icy for our group to aquire the true summit that day...
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dmalloy
Trad climber
eastside
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Sep 20, 2006 - 01:00am PT
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Mr. Buster, thanks as always for an awesome thread with some thought, education, fun and vicarious thrills. After climbing with some Italians last week here in Cali, I am hungering again to get back there.
And, so as you know for the future....it would be "vie ferrate," with "vie" being the plural of the noun "via" and then the adjective "ferrate" changed to match the noun it is modifying.
Che belle le tre cime!! Che bouno il vino! Andiamo in fretta...
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 20, 2006 - 01:08am PT
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Tre Cime...
Molto Bene!
Vino...
Cin Cin!
Andiamo in Fretta!
Yippee...
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Mimi
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Sep 20, 2006 - 01:13am PT
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Awesome pics you guys!
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curlie
Trad climber
SLO, CA
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Sep 20, 2006 - 02:38am PT
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Well, still can't find the missing disk o' pix, so I'm going to be boring and post mostly the same ones I did for the garden gnome's thread on favorite places to climb.
Cortina d'Ampezzo:
Punta Fiames -- the toughest 5.6 I've ever been on. Spectacular arete climb, though, just behind Cortina.
Interesting plaque commemorating someone who died on the route. This huge chunk of steel was at the base of the route, but after a strenuous 1.5 hour hike:
Punta Fiames top, at 9PM, Cortina in the background:
Cool memorials/statues on the way to the Tre Cime di Laveredo:
Yet another pic of the Tre Cime di Laveredo. Didn't one of the Huber bros free solo a route on one of these? Kind of funny seeing someone free solo with a helmet on...
The view from Il Patroni, a peak around the Tre Cime. We were going to do a 4-pitch 5.6 up to the top, but misread the guidebook and ended up going up the via ferrata we were supposed to go down....
Chris on part of the via ferrata on Il Patroni -- note to self: make sure you haven't accidentally hit the b&w button on your camera without noticing.....
Very cool WWII tunnels that were cut through the limestone. These were all over the place, amazing!:
The perfect boulder at the end of a perfect day (well, perfect except for that nasty scramble down nasty scree....)
Yep, the Dolomites were awesome. So...much....rock.... Hopefully I'll get back there next summer for a little bit.
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Ron Olsen
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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Sep 20, 2006 - 09:08am PT
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Tre Cime di Lavaredo after an afternoon thunderstorm
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Sep 20, 2006 - 09:31am PT
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Royboy, here's the German version of the Via Ferrata, called a klettersteig, up the Hollental to the Zugspitze. The cross at the top still has .50 cal bullet holes in it from WWII.
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 20, 2006 - 10:54am PT
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Yes Pat, that left hand shot with the spikes was the first image I'd seen of this sort of hardware installation in the mountains.
Hey Ron Olson: 'Nice to see another Boulder climber post up.
Way Teh Go Curlie!
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Ed Hartouni
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Livermore, CA
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Sep 20, 2006 - 11:32am PT
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Grazie!
Tar is one of the only thread authors I will follow without a second thought... adventures in the mountains being assured.
The best thing about talking around the fire at night is having been out and about in the mountains all day. This is SuperTopo at its best.
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curlie
Trad climber
SLO, CA
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Sep 20, 2006 - 12:12pm PT
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Wow, that left picture is really cool! There should be more like that one!
I don't know what makes me drool more - thoughts of all the great rocks, or thoughts of all the great food, coffee, and beer....
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Hootervillian
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the Hooterville World-Guardian
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Sep 20, 2006 - 12:25pm PT
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that's some life you've led Mr. Buster. here's to ya.
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Chris Wegener
Trad climber
St. John, Virgin Islands
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Sep 20, 2006 - 03:51pm PT
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Some more photos of the Dolomites.
The best part is that the Italians have their priorities straight, they dont open the refugios (huts) until the important items are in adeguate supply, in this case beer.
Then there is the via Ferrattas which let you get into great positions and as this picture shows are a blast!
Or this
Another summit, this time after one of the coolest climbs I have ever done, Pont Fiames near Cortina
Where ever you go the views are killer!
It is the finest climbing trip imaginable. Beauty, climbing from 5.easy to as hard as you want to crank in a setting where your ever wish is catered to.
Chris
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 20, 2006 - 05:02pm PT
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Let's see, would you be the Chris Wegener from 70's so cal experience, buddies with Pete Steers, Jan Mcollum, Herb Laeger et al?
One of the guys in the 2nd/last fotos looks like him: the dude was an edging master and I recall ascents in suede Desert Boots or Hush Puppys.
'Nice fotos at any rate,
Cheers,
Roy
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goatboy smellz
climber
northboulder, co
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Sep 21, 2006 - 10:35am PT
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OLA, yonder tarbustier.
Autumn flowz down thru sweet valleyz!
Good timez our yet A schmear away...
Time to rope up some obscurities...
Time to rope up some fun!
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Tarbuster
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 21, 2006 - 11:14am PT
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Yes, we have a kite to fly!
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Sep 21, 2006 - 11:32am PT
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Roy, those spikes you noted are in prime shape in the postcard, but when I found myself walking across them, about every third or fourth one was bent downward, usually at more then 45 degrees from winter avalanches, so you would have to step lightly in the constant mist/rain that plagues that particular part of the Alps.
I'll post up some more euro alps fun stuff later
So, is it true you're gonna be out in Arcadia next month????
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 21, 2006 - 11:37am PT
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Pat:
We cancelled that trip, I know Sewellymon is expecting us.
See you a bit later at the next JT Bash!
OK Now,
Via Ferrata Primer Part 2:
The steeper and deeper with Refugio Link up
& Weather Dodger option...
This Ferrata has some very airy sections and deposits one on a very large plateau atop the Gruppo Sella.
Along the way you get to see some towers upon which,
Reinhold Messner made some of his earlier first ascents:
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Tarbuster
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Topic Author's Reply - Sep 21, 2006 - 11:39am PT
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As you can see, the steep trail leads to a near v-vertical wall:
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