Val Daone - Profumo di ghiaccio con attacco diretto
View route detailsWe had seen it some time earlier while passing through Val Remir. Brozio was at the base belaying Gibe, who was hanging a few metres below his ice axe. It was curious to find ourselves here again. Saverio wanted to see whether this pitch was actually graded 6 (without offending any survivors or injured parties, it felt less). The ice is slightly wet, but it is almost cold and the cascade seems firmly attached to the rock. After a while Saverio is at the belay and I set off as well. I reach the stance on wet ice and continue for the remaining pitches. All of them are very beautiful, though some sections are detached from the rock. The last pitch is a three-metre wall with a very thin, detached exit. We decide not to do it and to abseil. At the end of the rappels we wait for the sun to bring the ice down (the first pitch is now wet and detached), but we are not lucky enough to witness the event. Someone would have been very envious if that had happened… Be careful of falling blocks of ice near Sendero… I recommend a quick run to reduce exposure to danger. For the curious: at Sendero Luminoso the final section is missing, Salmonata is unclimbable, Ulrike is detached from the rock, and Le Ali del Fantasma is a challenge for kamikazes.
