Vinatzer on the Piz Ciavazes: an overhanging offwidth
A good alpine route. The 6+ pitch through the overhanging shoulder crack is spectacular and very airy.
Machine-translated from the German original. The German version is the one I actually wrote.
A good alpine route, and we only had to improve some of the belays — on a route of that age that counts as good news.
The crux is a 6+ through an overhanging shoulder crack. Spectacular and very airy. An offwidth is the inelegant kind of climbing: you wedge half your torso in and shuffle upwards rather than pulling on anything. When it overhangs as well and there’s nothing underneath you, it becomes an experience.
The rappel line is well equipped, which after a pitch like that is not the worst thing.