Autumn was pretty short lived and was soon replaced by winter. The temperatures plummeted and the we received over 30cm of snow! The landscape was transformed into a beautiful, white winter wonderland. This did make it a little more awkward to climb. However, we were not to be beaten... We armed ourselves with a broom and a shiny new toilet brush. The toilet brush turned out to be the ideal tool for removing snow from the top of boulders. We set off in the morning and found some suitable sun-soaked boulders from which to remove the snow. This took a while, but certainly sped up the drying process. Just hours later some problems were ready for climbing. I made a quick ascent of a classic prow problem -
Andrea Si e Perso 7B (click for video). And Claire had a great session working Ultimi Raggi 6C+.
Autumn was pretty short lived and was soon replaced by winter. The temperatures plummeted and the we received over 30cm of snow! The landscape was transformed into a beautiful, white winter wonderland. This did make it a little more awkward to climb. However, we were not to be beaten... We armed ourselves with a broom and a shiny new toilet brush. The toilet brush turned out to be the ideal tool for removing snow from the top of boulders. We set off in the morning and found some suitable sun-soaked boulders from which to remove the snow. This took a while, but certainly sped up the drying process. Just hours later some problems were ready for climbing. I made a quick ascent of a classic prow problem - Andrea Si e Perso 7B (click for video). And Claire had a great session working Ultimi Raggi 6C+.
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