Kundalini
Paula finishing the hand crack as the angle eases, here on the super classic Il Risveglio di Kundalini 400m / VII- / 10 pitches of trad on bomber granite. What a sweet line, loads of variety; a roof, a long hand crack, an offwidth, a huge arch, a pendulum, slab, loads of traversing - then a beautiful emerald river to cool down in after the descent (which we got wrong!)...we saw two snakes today, thankfully not on the route... .
Setting off under a roof
Looking down the cool arch/roof feature
Top out views
Cooling off at Bidet della Casstella after a day
Morning views from Bidet della Contessa
Morning after the storm from our sleep spot. A team were stuck high up on a line near the Bagni road last night as a storm arrived and darkness descended, we heard repetitive shouting and walked down to see if ok or needed help, already there were several locals pulled up helping the retreat
Laybacking bonanza!! -- Celebrating climbing the beautiful super classic "Luna Nascente" a 360m / VII (E2) granite trad line with 9 pitches of cracks (finger, hands and offwidth), topped off with two technically easy but quite bold (think 35m and one piece of pro, then 25m with no pro) slabs...the idea of it was harder than the reality...we were lucky today with only one other party on the line a friendly Austrian pair who moved well
Ps. What is the best way to fall on a runout slab?
Heading toward the cresent roof leaving one crack system to reach another via a funky down climb then some offwidth
Paula getting in the flow...because there is basically no gear/pro to interrupt her...at all...good job its an easy friction slab
Gazing down P3 and the lush valley
Fun 50m P7 Hand crack which then shrinks above to Fingers
Lots of splitter hand cracks
Paula looking relaxed
The morning view from the lake
Big enough to bivvy under?
Turning a corner
Top out
Early morning views down the Val di Mello on our now regular approach walk from our wild camp spot in the Bagni valley. All the good stuff like sectors Asteroidi, Metamorfosi, Dimore and the bigger Qualido are on the left as you walk in following the river from here
this simple lifestyle,...slightly disrupted at the moment...as our lovely nearby river has changed character the last few days after a storm...some video of the water looking a little wilder now ➡...waiting for the sun to return #frolicking #forties #natural #simplelife #rivers #wild #wildcamping
