UlrichPrinz:
Alpine: Weisshorn
(ch)
| Date: |
July
2004
(this was a year with a lot of snow, typical would be
6 weeks earlier!) |
| Partner: |
Irma
("Jenny") Weber, John Scoles |
| Conditions: |
Perfect on
the face, difficult on the rocky part of the ridge down. |
| Routes: |
North-East face up and
East-ridge down.
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Short
Comment: |
A beautiful north-face of
moderate difficulties and a rather ugly ridge down. |
Featured
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| Report |
- This face saw it's
first ascent 1980, then on another route 1987
- The reason for the
very late attempt on it is not due to the difficulty
of the face but rather to the fact that if the face is in good
condition
(as we found it) then the east-ridge which is the typical
descent,
is in difficult conditions.
- Therefore it took
us 8-10 hours up and 10 hours down.
- I can really
recommend this face, but if you do it, plan on going
down the east-ridge only until 1/2 to 2/3, where the snow-ridge
ends and the rock-ridge starts. There turn down towards the
north (!) not to the hut and descend the face there, and
continue
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