등정들 South and West Drôme에서 Hang dog로서

Climb straight up. Very nice, technical climbing.

Traverse to the right and up, following the ramp that gives the route its name. Very nice climbing. Don’t use the first belay you see to your right. Instead, climb straight up from the last bolt before that belay and use the belay at the ledge between some trees/shrubs. Before starting the third pitch, transfer to two belays to your right (through the shrubs on your right, easy terrain), so that the third pitch goes straight up. Otherwise, you will have immense rope drag in the third pitch.

We did use the belay on the far left, leading to immense rope drag (despite extended draws). At the end of the lower wall of this pitch I tried to climb left of the bush … should have gone right. Fell and hurt a finger. For the upper wall, there are three possibilities: Two dihedrals to the left (of some 5c route I think) and on the right wall an orange crack with some tough moves, which I climbed. Had to stop at the start of the crack because the rope drag was so immense. Fixed myself to a bolt and we changed the belay (as described above). After that, it was again possible to climb. At the end of the crack (a small overhang), I managed to hit my head and bite my tongue. Overall, this pitch was quite the ride.