Solo of Aiguille de l’M
Nate left for Mongolia and my Norwegian buddies were off climbing, so I was stuck in the campground without a partner. Restless, I hatched a plan to solo the “classical route” on Aiguille de l’M, a 190m 5.7. After an initial recon the day before, I caught the second cable car up and was at the base by 10 AM. I brought gear for rope soloing, but ended up free soloing the whole route and hauling my pack on a couple sections. The climbing was really fun, and I was on top by 11:30. The descent was a little tedious (moraine), but I was back down at the telepherique by 2 PM, just before the skies unleashed. It turns out there is no need for an ice axe or campons on the descent. When I got down my Norwegian buddies were back, so we celebrated by getting drunk.
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gnar gnar
summit or death, eh?
When is cham, part quatre coming up?
Aiguille de Im video was great. Casual laid back attitude, deliberating over weight vs safety and concluding in favor of safety for family was good role model. Gliding up 5.7 free solo as fun was inspirational. Stills of massif, and pan to other needles were motivating. Keep it up! You’re “living the dream” and we’re benefitting. Thanks.
looks almost as fun as our drunken flatiron solo…is monique the donkey?
Close. Monique is the fictional character from the Mark Twight short story “No Time To Cry”
Realy nice move u made. With equipments from technic extreme you always make the summit. We all miss Monique.
Discotheque extreme, I need my fix now!
Ya Scotty, super good video. Looked like a spectacular day have the mountains to yourself!
Sweet!! Somehow I missed this — looks awesome
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