Wednesday 5th August
Everyone is in town today! A busy Vallee Blanche City!
Great to get back on the Granite. 4th Pitch starting up the steep grooves and cracks that soon turn slabby.
D+ 150m (V and A1)
Fun half day out today with Rick - wanted to utilise the liftpass so we went up the midi. Have done the Rebuffat route on the South Pillar of the midi with Byron a couple of year ago, so we decided to go for the Eperon des Cosmiques and then finish up the Cosmiques Arete. Again the Rebuffat route provided fun climbing in the lower section through the roof then awesome IV/IV+ climbing on solid granite jams for a couple of pitches. Stunning climbing on lovely sun baked rock. The climbing finishes on a small ridge that can be linked up to the join to the bottom of the second abseil with a bit of scrambling.
A reminder that it is August.... traffic on the Cosmiques!
Easily home in time for chillaxing and beers
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