Valle del Orco

In july Marieke and I visited Valle del Orco for our first time. We were very courious about the rock, the cracks and how it would be to stay in one of the major granite crack climbing sites of Europe.
To start with the last it was very quite. Compared with Val di Mello there was almost nobody climbing. We finally had three climbing days. We did not went up to the Sergent but climbed on minor rock faces.

Of course we climbed the Fissura Kosterlitz (first 6b in Italy ever, 1970). The rope solo of this crack would be next step but I wasn't confident enough yet...

Really cool climbing of Apogeo (5c), Cochise (5c) and Bianca Parete (6b+/6c). I managed to redpoint Bianca Parete in my second attempt.

Apogeo, 25metres, cool crack climbing

 Bianca Parete, first hand and fist and then in undercling position to the right to a no-hands-rest and than another 20 metres of perfect hand jams... yeahhhhhh...

Marieke on top rope!