Trip Report
Badile North - Cassin route

by stefano607518
Wednesday October 22, 2014 4:45am
the megaclassical of summer...well this year we had NO summer in the Alps

a weekend....trying the Cassin in August and find it in winter conditions, getting out a snowstorm and make it home by climbing the Nordridge in subzero temperatures... when the mountain remembers us how small we are.

http://becauseflatsucks.blogspot.co.at/2014/08/switzerland-val-bregaglia-badile.html

i like this sh#t man ;-)

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stefano607518 		About the Author
stefano607518 is a trad climber from italy/austria/switzerland.

Comments
ddriver

Trad climber
SLC, UT
  Oct 22, 2014 - 07:02am PT
Super.

Think you should have gone for it.
survival

Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
  Oct 22, 2014 - 07:04am PT
Sweet!
JEleazarian

Trad climber
Fresno CA
  Oct 22, 2014 - 01:11pm PT
So many pictures I've seen of the Cassin Route make it look like a pleasant summer outing. It's nice to see some August pictures like yours to remind me of the epic on the FA of the Cassin Route. It's easy to see from you pictures how fatalities resulted in the 1930's -- and could result almost as easily with modern equipment today.

Thanks for posting, and for the fine pics and report.

John
stefano607518

Trad climber
italy/austria/switzerland
Author's Reply  Oct 22, 2014 - 01:23pm PT
i barely made it to the top via the ridge.. ;-) nica climb anyhow...bit cold i must say
Marlow

Sport climber
OSLO
  Oct 22, 2014 - 01:35pm PT
Excellent TR. That's what adventure is all about...
lars johansen

Trad climber
West Marin, CA
  Oct 22, 2014 - 01:39pm PT
Nice pics of a beautiful peak. Sigi Hupfauer wrote an account in Summit about a tragic death in summer from exposure on the Piz Badile, "Even Experts Get The Chop".

lars
micronut

Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
  Oct 22, 2014 - 02:44pm PT
Fantastic adventure! Thank you for sharing. Phenomenal photos of a wild land. Proud bail.

Scott
this just in

climber
Justin Ross from North Fork
  Oct 22, 2014 - 06:15pm PT
That is a fine looking peak. That approach ledge is not. Thank you.
NutAgain!

Trad climber
https://nutagain.org
  Oct 22, 2014 - 07:43pm PT
Wow, great looking spot in seriously fearsome conditions. It's hard to believe how quickly circumstances can change there. Easy recipe for disaster, and makes Yosemite Valley seem so tame.
Ezra Ellis

Trad climber
North wet, and Da souf
  Oct 26, 2014 - 12:42pm PT
Awesome!
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