A Hello to all the italian climbers, special to the community around Cortina d'Ampezzo!
I'm a austrian climber who is addicted to climb Dolomites - i lost my heart at Tre Cime di Lavaredo & Tofana di Rozes.
So i have a question.
Last year and also this season i figured out the pitches of the famos Diretissima from the 60' "PAOLO VI". So i have the dream to climb a trad- multipitchroute rated 7c. Okay "Paolo VI" is not 7c to my mind - but who cares.....
It was a tradclimb - BUT NOT MORE AT THIS TIME!
I climbed "Paolo VI" redpoint at 30 of July 2013 and there are totally new bolts in a row.
So i tell:
Every belay is equiped with minimum 1.bolt, up from the start. And if this is not enough there also a lot of bolts in the pitches above the slap. From the 6b pitch (pitch #5) where the rock becomes yellow up to the exit of the pilastro "Constantini/Apollonia" (pitch #13) every pitch is bolted.....
For correctness the 4 slappitches are boltfree - one bolt on the belay, and the 4 pitches of the original exit are without bolts - and very serious at all time.
So i ask: WHY!!!
Are there not enogh "sportclimbs" at this wall. For example 10 meters to the left the fivestarline "Sognando Aurora / 7b+", bolted by Massimo Da Pozzo.
WHERE IS SPACE FOR ADVENTURE.
A restoration of "Paolo VI" - why not - but with traditional protection. This i think was a good solution and shows respect for the firstascenders and all the freeclimbers in the past, and it was practical.....i didn't discuss about bolts at the belays, this is standard in 21 century, i dont need it, but this is an other question
BUT BOLTS IN EVERY SINGLE PITCH? !W H Y!
So i say, before nexttime bolting a historic icon of climbing in Dolomites - FIRST THINKING AND THAN NOT BOLTING!
Maybe someone out there knows something about, who bolted the route and what was the thinking behind.
I`m very interessted on informations or an direct contact to the "bolter".
So i would be happy about every info.
With best regards from austria,
Adrian Kling
For contacting me directly,
email: rough-climber@gmx.at
