On Sunday we did the petite lance de domene, NNW ridge, idea of Claude. Now I feel good, as I see other people are missing screws, like I am; regardless, we were a group of 6, with 2 people doing their first alpine experience, and what an experience!. Now with 4 digital cameras, we were able to properly document the climb to posterity, and it was a good test for my renamepictures.pl perl script for merging multiple sourced photos.... Back to the alpinism side of things, this was a very cool climb, on delicate rock (think Canon), with some snow on top of it to add flavor to it. No much need to stop and place protection as there aren't many spots...On the good side, we stopped at the refuge on the way down, and had a nice cup of celebratory tea!!.
photo credits: H=Hector, Y=Yannick, P=Phillipe, F=Fabien.
Camptocamp outing report (PD+, D- dans ces conditions)
Sortie Gucem/Esmug Petite lance de domaine (Belledonne), le 31.10.04
