Big day in Gietroz!

Back in Chamonix once again for the summer. Now we just hope for good climbing wheater and that the three day long slush storm will come to and end. So please King Bore, take a sleeping pill (or just decapitate yourself) and let the summer gods take over.

Me, Andrew, Kelly, Eva and Bjarne all went to Gietroz or “The Gorge” as it’s more commonly referred to. This is a steep overhanging crag and a lot of the routes tend to have strenuous moves between undercuts, in other words a good place for people with biceps like Arnold Schwarzenegger (spelling?).

While gearing up at The Gietroz parking lot we couldn’t imagine what at big day it was going to be, but when we got back Eva had managed to do Reve de Singe, her first 8a, I had managed to onsight “In Absentia” 7b which Bjarne also did a few minutes later on his second go. A really good day all in all!

Onsight attempt on "In Absentia" 7b

Bjarne on the same route

Eva on "Reve De Singe"

Trying the worlds hardest 7a+