Il canto dell'Indria: 15 pitches of sustained grade 5
Long and consistently demanding. Franzi was effectively done from about pitch seven.
Machine-translated from the German original. The German version is the one I actually wrote.
Fifteen pitches, sustained grade 5 and 6. That sounds like less than it is — sustained here really does mean sustained, with no pitches to catch your breath on.
Franzi was effectively done from about the seventh pitch. The remaining eight are then a head game: you keep climbing because rappelling would be just as much work.
The protection is good. Friends help in the corner on the seventh pitch, otherwise what’s in place is enough.
We topped out, and on that day that was the actual achievement.