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08/23/08. South Face – Trenker (V-, 6P) on First Sella Tower

Leading the polished (& soon to be wet from a downpour) Trenker/Pescota (V-, 6P) route on First Sella Tower's south face (August 2008).
Photos

Castelrotto town in the South Tyrol region of Italy. Our home base during the first Dolomites trip (Aug. 2008).

Bolzano in northern Italy. On a marginal weather day we took a drive out there ("gateway to the Dolomites"). Shirley and a mini Fiat? Citroen? (Aug. 2008).

Tofana Di Rozes' south face as seen from Rifugio Dibona. These are the typical conditions we saw until our climb day. South Buttresses 1, 2, and 3 are visible (we'd climb 2 later on the trip; Aug. 2008).

Tofana Di Rozes and its South Face Buttress 2. We'd later climb the easier of its two routes, the 18-pitch Pillar Rib (VI-; Aug. 2008).
Trenker on First Sella Tower

The south face of First Sella Tower. The diagonalling left-facing dihedral on the right (well, center of photo) houses the Trenker route (V-). The right-facing dihedral on the left is the Tissi (VI) route. Both slick and neither particularly enjoyable (Aug. 2008).

Shirley topping out on pitch 2 or 3 of Trenker...with the light drizzle adding to the alpine ambiance (Aug. 2008).

Leading the polished (& soon to be wet from a downpour) Trenker/Pescota (V-, 6P) route on First Sella Tower's south face (August 2008).

Shirley topping out on the Trenker route on First Sella Tower in a brief paus in the rain (Aug. 2008).
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