On Aiguille de l'Évêque, the huge shoulder that guards the Grandes Jorasses in the Mont Blanc massif and tumbles more than 1500 meters down into sunny Val Ferret, Giuseppe Vidoni (
@bepividoni ), Richard Tiraboschi (
@rickhard47 ) andTommaso Vection (
@demotivection ) have managed to scope an interesting new mixed climb.
The 1000m route was established on 28 January, is called Happy Birthday and is graded AI 4+, M6, ED.
According to Grandes Jorasses expert Luca Signorelli (
@signorelli9632 ), in the lower section the winter climb runs close to the summer routes established by Britain’s Tony Penning & co, while the upper section runs close to the exit of the Manera-Ribetti route. According to initial research, the routes are totally independent and, in any case, Happy Birthday is an important winter addition to this beautiful 3258m peak.
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