Via delle Fontane: Franzi's first alpine fall
One of the earliest routes in the Sarca valley, and alpine to match. Off route, and then into a piton and a tree.
Machine-translated from the German original. The German version is the one I actually wrote.
One of the first routes ever established in the Sarca valley, and the protection matches: pitons, far apart, and no bolts showing you the way.
That’s exactly what we went off route on. Franzi took her first alpine fall in the process — into a piton and a tree.
It sounds worse than it was. But it’s a moment that changes something: afterwards you know the gear holds, and you also know that being off route isn’t just a detour.
It gets botanical towards the top. That’s also part of the old Sarca valley routes.