Fiori di Primavera: practising rope commands
A pleasant plaisir route on the Regina del Lago, for practising rope commands and belay handling.
Machine-translated from the German original. The German version is the one I actually wrote.
A pleasant plaisir route, and the purpose was less the route than what you practise on it.
Rope commands and belay handling sound like formalities, but they’re exactly what makes the difference on a long alpine route. If both of you know what’s meant, you save minutes at every belay — and over twenty pitches that becomes an hour.
The best place to practise is where nothing depends on it: well protected, in the sun, with no time pressure.
That’s precisely what this day was.