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A break at Casati
Jenn and Brian take advantage of the fact that there is practically a full-blown hotel halfway up our climb of a glaciated peak.
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Climbers out the window
A view out the window at the Casati Rifugio, showing a group of climbers on the glacier on a flank of Monte Cevedale.
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Cevedale Glacier
A view up the very gentle glacier leading up to the summit of Monte Cevedale.
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Snow, Clouds, Ice, Mist
High alpine beauty on the way to the summit of Monte Cevedale.
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Roped for the first time
Jenn stands roped up on her first ever glacier climb. The rif. Casati can be seen below in the background.
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Track to the summit
A well-defined boot path leads upwards to the summit.
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Track to the summit
A well-defined boot path leads upwards to the summit.
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Rest Break
A rest break while climbing on the Cevedale Glacier.
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Summit Ridge in sight!
Jenn and Andreware within sight of the summit ridge, which can be seen above.
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Climbing on Cevedale Glacier
A view looking back downhill, with Brian and Jenn.
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Looking uphill
A view of the boottrack leading up to Cevedale's summit.
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Monte Cevedale
A zoomed-in view of the summit hump on Monte Cevedale. The only semi-steep bits are at that point.
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A sea of Cotton
A sea of cotton laps against the icy shores of upper Monte Cevedale.
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Steep step
This is the only steep bit of climbing on this route up Monte Cevedale - a final step up before gaining the summit ridge.
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Steep Step
This is the only steep bit of climbing on this route up Monte Cevedale - the final bit before gaining the summit ridge.
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On the summit ridge
Brian and Jenn climb up the summit ridge.
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On the summit ridge
Brian and Jenn climb up the summit ridge. (northeast ridge)
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Summit Rocks
Jenn stands amidst the summit rocks on Monte Cevedale
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Summit GPS check
Brian checks his GPS on the summit of Monte Cevedale.
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Andrew on summit
Andrew on the summit of Monte Cevedale.
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Mountain Conquerer Connell
Striking a suitably Napoleonic pose, Brian stands astride the summit of Monte Cevedale.
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[ Italy 2005 trip
home page |
The main trip report |
Family |
Monte Cervialto |
Herculaneum & Vesuvius |
Palace of Caserta |
Amalfi & Capri |
Abruzzo & Monte Amaro |
Rome |
Tuscany |
Venice |
The Biennale |
Via Ferrata-ing in the dolomites |
Climbing in the Ortles |
Gottfried's Adventures |
Maps, Graphs & GPS Data ]
