Tommy On Mont Charvatton

Lena on pitch 2, 6a

Before we had to leave Valle d'aosta we had 1 more day of good cimbing weather, so we decided to do Tommy on Mont Charvatton. This is a 14 pitch route so we started early, and seemed to be first to the obscure parking spot. A team was hot on our heels, parking shortly after us. At this point I realised that for a week or so there had been no competition for our routes, but suddenly - there was a croud. At the route, there was already a team 3 pitches up. The team behind us had caught us at the end of pitch 1. They were climbing better and faster than us, so at the end of pitch 2 we let them pass through. So then away from the crouds we were able to enjoy the route. Pitch 2 was the technical crux and pitch 3 was the gymnastic crux (at A0), but the 6th was my favourite - the moves were just so good on perfect rock.

Lena on the A0 third pitch

The 6a 6th pitch

6th pitch

Lena on the 7th pitch

12th pitch

The route was great, although the last 2 pitches lose a bit of quality from the route as a whole. It was a reasonably long day but we were back in town (village) before dark ordering pizza so all was good. Every route in the Plaisir Selection book so far has been a great climb. If only the days were longer, summer lasted into October, and I had another 2 months off!