St. Gilgen, Salzkammergut
Plombergstein
One final outing with Will, this time some multi-pitch sport climbing on the mighty Plombergstein above St. Gilgen.
Erinna / 85
Clay / 80
Steve / 41
Ross / 33
Will Bourne / 29
Will / 28
CatO / 27
Louise / 16
Al / 14
Owen / 14
Becky / 13
Matt Blackmore / 13
Dylan / 9
Rebecca / 9
Rob W-M / 9
Tom Carvell / 9
Joe / 8
Steve Gibbs / 8
DaveO / 6
Martin / 6
Ros / 6
Adam / 5
Doug / 5
Harry Kingston / 5
Cameron / 4
Craig / 4
Eleri / 4
Elliott / 4
Emily Roo / 4
Julie / 4
Lina / 4
Rory / 4
Simon Bilton / 4
Ben / 3
Liv / 3
Mads / 3
Matt / 3
Matt Traver / 3
Moffatt / 3
Naomi / 3
Neil Cox / 3
Rob Squires / 3
Sam Rose / 3
Al Begley / 2
Anja / 2
Chris / 2
Dave Bird / 2
Evelyn / 2
Ita / 2
Jess / 2
Martha / 2
Pete / 2
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Kleiner Barmsteine
South ridge of the Barmsteine
As a consolation for our failures on the Großglockner, Will and I stopped by at the Kleiner Barmsteine on our way home. The south ridge was a very fun new way up to a summit I know well.
Großglockner, Austria
No luck on the Großglockner
Will and I first aimed for the Glocknerwand überschreitung, then switched to the Stüdlgrat as the weather window closed, before finally turning back in the early morning with storms on the horizon and bad weather all around. Not all trips to the mountains are successful.
Postalm, Salzkammergut
Postalm Klettersteig
Will missed his flight to Munich, because he's an idiot, but we managed to salvage the rest of the first day with a very fast lap of the Postalm Klettersteig. It winds a course up a very aesthetic and moody gorge, quite different to most other routes I've done to date.
Hausstatt, Tyrol
Lofer
I finally persuaded Rebecca to do some climbing, so we squeezed in a half day at Lofer before the rain came. 800m of hiking for 150m of crazy water-worn limestone.
Hochkönig, Austria
Grandlspitz Klettersteig
Paula, Paul and myself got an early start and hiked to the base of the Königsjodler on Hochkönig, only to find the descent gully still full of winter snow. Instead we switched plans to the Grandlspitz on the adjacent peak, a route I'll definitely come back to in the winter for a ski-klettersteig combo.
