Climb in Ollon instead of a summit

Publié le 19 avril 2025 à 10:42

I had planned to return to Saas-fee during the Easter vacations to try climbing the Allalinhorn again, but the weather refused to cooperate and while conditions were perfect a few days before, huge precipitation (170cm of snow) raised the avalanche danger to 4+ out of 5, making the attempt far too dangerous.
So we decided with two friends (Louis and Enzo) and my teacher to head for the climbing garden in Ollon instead.
We got there in the early afternoon and started climbing straight away; there were already a huge number of climbers there, so the route options were pretty limited; we started with a nice 6a route that my teacher led, then I took my turn on the top-roped route; the route was pretty good, but the holds had been polished by all the climbers, making them slippery.
Once back down we decided to do a two-pitch route with a belay in the middle to learn and master them. I did the two 6a+ sections in the lead and loved the routes, which were really beautiful and just rightly difficult, then I joined my teacher at the belay so that he could show me how to belay Enzo, who was climbing second using a reverso.
I did well and was able to repeat the operation alone at the top of the second pitch, then we waited for our friends to arrive for a while a the top.

For the descent Enzo and I wanted to learn how to abseil, my teacher explained the basics to us and helped us get on the rope with our lapels, he went down and let us descend independently; the beginning was quite stressful and long but as I went down I let the rope slide more fluidly and the descent became pleasant.
Once at the bottom, as it was already quite late, we collected our belongings and set off for the Ollon train station to head home.
It was a great day out, and above all a very instructive one.

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