22nd June
A beautiful night, no wind, a touch of frost and dry. Done high cloud that built during the day bringing occasional light drizzle.
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| On the way down |
A short climb up to the Collata Arablo was followed by a brutal descent on loose rock, steep rock and steep rough ground to reach the Rio Bellos.
A long steep climb up near the river, through a couple of rock bands and I arrived at the Collata la Valle o d'Anisclo.
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| Collata la Valle o d'Anisclo |
There is a
1200m descent from here in about 1.5km starting with a band of snow to negotiate.
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| It's steep! |
I managed to avoid the snow by tackling a very steep scree slope that soon joined the marked way down.
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| Still more to get down |
The whole slope is extremely dangerous and I can see why the guide book says don't attempt it in snow.
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| Just starting through the trees |
Even when you get to the tree line the difficulty continues with a number of difficult rock steps and washed out water crossings.
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| Rio Real |
I have never made such a continuous difficult descent and hope not to do so again!
The Refugio de Pineta was full so I continued to a good, but windy camp near the Refugio de Lafarri.
The two difficult descents made it a very tiring day.
2 comments:
Blimey! tricky looking day, glad you made it safely to a good camp area Nessie xx
Whew, well done, Roger. Andy
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