Dülfer on the Fleischbank east face
Second Pause route with Franzi, on the hottest day of the year. The traverses are superb.
Machine-translated from the German original. The German version is the one I actually wrote.
Left the car at half five, on the route by seven. On something this well-known that’s the minimum if you don’t want to be stuck behind someone.
Very good route, though noticeably polished in the middle — no surprise on a classic of that age. The traverses are the highlight: superb position, and you’re moving sideways across a face that looks compact from below.
It was the hottest day of the year and we caught plenty of sun.
The descent is well marked and easy. Despite the moderate grade the route as a whole shouldn’t be underestimated — it’s long, and you’re concentrating the entire time.