Brione

We’ve been spending the past few climbing days at Brione. Each time we go back we find another sector with more classics to do.

On Saturday we went across the river and warmed up on the dyno boulder. We all managed to send the classic dyno which is around 6c but a bit committing.

Next we checked out the Frogger/Fake Pamplemousse boulder which is right on the river. It was a warm day but the roof was in the shade so it wasn’t too bad. I managed to climb Fake Pamplemousse pretty quickly and didn’t feel like it was 8a. It’s only three hard moves on decent holds. It’s a really cool problem and I’m stoked to share the footage we got of it. Leslie is really close and will send soon.

We finished the day at the upper sector where Andrea managed to heel hook her way up Molunk 7c. Nice job Hah!

On Sunday, back at Brione, Les had a good session on Fake Pamplemousse, getting close but taking a couple flappers in the process. We got some beta on the lower river area from a friendly local and ventured down there for the afternoon.

It rained for a while but stopped by the time we figured out the lower crux of a tall bloc on the river which has two names: Bach Bloc and Sonnenanbeter. It climbs on perfect water polished granite, it’s in the range of 7c, and has a somewhat exciting finish. I managed to send after we figured out the bottom and top sections. Check out a couple stills from the video:

By the time we finished on Bach Bloc it was 8pm so no time to try any of the other river blocs.

We rested today (Monday) with pizza and gelato in Bellinzona; tomorrow looks like rain in the afternoon so we’ll try our best to leave the house before noon!