Big new route on Grandes Jorasses
Not publicized over the summer was the first ascent of the last remaining logical feature on the impressive East Face of the Grandes Jorasses (4208m), hidden away on the Italian side of the Mont Blanc Massif. Over July 15-16 Christophe Dumarest and Patrick Gabarrou (who else?) climbed the big dihedral on the left side of the face between the East Face Pillar (ED2/3: VI 5.10d A2, 750m, Cavagnetto-Rosso, 1988) and the Original Gervasutti Route (ED2: 5.10d A1, 750m, Gagliardone-Gervasutti, 1942). The line is reported to have been unsuccessfully attempted in the past by the two sorely missed French alpinists, Patrick Berhault and Jean-Christophe Lafaille…
Source: Alpinist Magazine.
