 Poster: A snowHead
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So, luckily find one of my drivers swapping vans on the drive after I gave my van out on monday, ask for a lift to prodains, offer accepted. Quick blast up prodains, hammer to grande combes and another rapid uplift and its 12.30. Now starts the climb, skin tracks were average, strange routes but worth following, until they ended prematurely, with little option to carry on.
Time to boot out, rucksack the skis and crack on. Initially good, soon found that the most director route involved a good inch of ice over fresh, and since I'd committed it seemed pointless to back out. Genuine brown pant moments to make it through the next 15, but eventually found more fresh, cracked on and reached the first flat. Good opp for pictures, but I knew the harder part was to come.
Luckily the via ferrata cables could be pulled out from the horrifically windblown snow, providing a guided, if not totally safe route up the rocks to come. Anyone who hasn't climbed in ski boots before, its not as bad as you think, once they're on something solid, a god bit of ankle movement and upper strength allows for remarkable movements.
After 90 mins of skiing and climbing, the summit, 2466m, haute forts sign, time for some pictures and a quick drink, not ashamed to say I had a quick gloat about being the highest bloke in the Chablis at that moment.
Dash down the ridge and its 60ft wide, and suddenly narrows, and it's time to pick a route. Neither looks good, everything says take the skis off, but after stripping skins, messing with markers, adren Aline kicks in and its time to take some risks. Using the 'off' side of the ridge to slingshot onto the couloir, I manage to stop, take the money shots, and then its drop time.
Hard, crusty, not enjoyable, a total of 2 mins to access back to the loft I left 120 mins ago, worth it? 100%.
If anyone can talk me though posting photos from an android moto g, I'll post them up. [/img]
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@matteevan90, you. Are. Mad. And I am really looking forward to the pix. Well done!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Mad, bored, overworked, somewhere there's a difference.
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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NIce. You are not as mad as I thought you were, I was thinking you meant the couloir in the middle of the Dents du Midi - but still a great effort. Pity the snow wasn't so great!!
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Wow!!!
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Yikes. That doesn't look like much fun!
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