Two weeks in my new van!

// As some people might have noticed, my old vanny used to be too small for my purposes so we moved into a white Ford Transit, yeah! // Day 1+2: Transit back in Bayreuth, car registration and climbing courses. After that I drove straight to Chamonix and spent one week on the glacier near Aiguile du Midi with Richard. The sun was incredible hot and it was almost impossible NOT to dehydrate up there. Though it was nice and sunny camping (excuse me "bivviing" as camping is strictly forbidden) at 3500m. And in the end we got some fantastic rock-ice- and mixed climbing done. // Chr Coloire up to Mont Blanc du Tacul (4248 m, D, WI4, 85) was in good conditions and is a nice route to get used to Mont Blanc ice climbing! 6-8 ice screws, cams, nuts and slings are useful for protection, especially if you want to go all the way to the top of Mont Blanc du Tacul. Many parties abseil down after pitch 6.#xA0; // Rebuffat Route on the Aiguille du Midi (200m, 6a). Great granite climbing day; except for that little hail storm and the small incident, where Richard dropped my boot into the bergschrund ;) // Next day we climbed "Kffner Ridge" from Fourche Biwak up Mont Maudit (4465m D, WI2, 65, 4c), poor snow conditions, maybe better earlier in the season or during the night! Nonetheless a fantastic route in fantastic scenery. Surrounded by Mont Blanc and the Aiguilles du Diable we climbed almost 12h to the top of Mont Maudit as we had to avoid many snow and ice sections by climbing loose rock... Info: The Fourche Biwak is reached within 2-3h from Aiguille du midi and can shelter up to 25 persons (VERY cosy). It is equipped with blankets (maybe 30) and thin matresses. On the ridge we found some belays on rock but mainly climbed simultaneously on a short rope! // Contamine Route on Aiguilles du Midi with a stunning 50m crack at the end (7a, 200m) We later backed off Gravasutti Pillar on the South Face of Mont Blanc du Tacul because of massive rockall. The bergschrund below this wall has grown massively; the route starts now right at the pillar: you can see a bolt 5m above the ground. The first belay is up and to the right, a 35m pitch. Freezing level on this day was above 4300m and rocks fell down from higher up on the route. Try this route in cooler conditions! // After a short detour via Munich and some excessive video cutting we drove to the Dolomites! North face climbing in cold temperatures should be the right thing to do! We climbed the Comici (oldschool 6b) on the Cima Grande and enjoyed the Italian campervan-friendly atmosphere at the parking of Rifugio Auronzo. Well22 to use the street und 5 per day extra seems a bit like overdoing it but no doubt: this place is magic! // Next day we fought our way up the Cima Ouvesteup to the great Bauer Roof. Runout, poor protection, old detached pitons and hanging belays followed by hard roof climbing! Sounds like a new challenge to me! Game on =) //

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T³: June news summary

Sign of life With the situation slowly relaxing, the first tournaments are going online again and we are bringing the support back up. During the last weeks we had to keep it on low flame, because more important things were pending and T³ effectively gen

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Cyber Weeks

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T³: T³ and Covid-19

Dear valued tabletop community, these are hard and sad times for the world, the community and each single person around. Our beloved hobby got hit hard and almost every planned event in the past and upcoming weeks got cancelled. Some requests may have ta

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Fränggisches Wedda Paragliding!

// // Off to van-life again after some rainy weeks in Frankenjura. Literally we had no day here without rain. Maybe one. Good climbing anyways and getting fit&strong again for new projects in the Alps! We s

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Cyber Weeks

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