Z majhnima otrokoma po smrtno nevarni plezalni poti #video

 

 

 

 

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This proud Dad celebrated his 40th birthday in the summit Bivi hut of the Piz Badile, (3308m) following a family ascent of the 1000m North ridge, the finest route of its grade I've yet to climb. My beautiful Freya, who just turned 7 a week ago, carried herself up and down the whole mountain up on her skinny little legs without any assistance! What a star. Little Jackson, 3 had a bit of help from his Uber-Mum Jess who climbed with him harnessed up inside his carrier for most of the route although he broke free for a few pitches. We paced it out over 4 days, a gruelling 6 hour hike up the new trail to the immaculate and welcoming Sasc Fura Hut, a shorter day with a bit of scrambling to an awesome bivi spot on the shoulder beneath the start of the climb, the massive and continously brilliant rock climb to the wildly exposed summit bivi hut and finally half a dozen abseils and long descent into the beautiful Val Masino valley where Jess and I spent our honeymoon 14 years ago. Employing tactics usually resevered for more extreme ascents I first led with a heavy bag then rapped down and we all climbed the fixed rope on micro-traxions enabling us to climb together and allowing me to show Freya the hidden fairy staircase. Huge kisses to @jesscorrie for being the most amazing wife and mother, to Freya and Jackson for being such brave, strong children and to the weather gods for granting us the stable forecast we needed for our family outing. #familyfun #Bregaglia #kidsarestrongerthanyouthink #socialdistancing #pizbadile

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3.308 metrov visoka gora Piz Badile ponuja več plezalnih poti, a vse od njih so zahtevne in tako ali drugače nevarne. Leta 2004 sta se tukaj smrtno ponesrečila britanska plezalca Jules Cartwright in Julie Colver. Kot pri vseh plezalnih poteh obstaja kar nekaj tveganja: od hitre spremembe vremenskih razmer zaradi visoke nadmorske višine do rušenja skal oziroma kamenja ter nevarnosti zdrsa. A na vse to sta pomislila zakonca Houlding iz Velike Britanije, ko sta načrtovala plezalni podvig s svojima otrokoma.

"Ker sta bila z nama otroka, sem se zavedal, da smo na veliki avanturi skupaj, a nikoli nisem čutil, da bi bili v nesprejemljivem položaju, in nikoli nisem pomislil, da smo zabredli pregloboko," je o podvigu za Daily Mail povedal Leo Houlding, sicer profesionalni plezalec. Dodal je še: "To je zame kot sprehod po parku, zato sem se odločil s seboj vzeti otroka. Če bi bilo treba, bi vsakega posebej sam odnesel gor."

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Mlajšega od otrok, triletnega Jacksona, je v nosilki na hrbtu resda skorajda ves čas plezanja nosila mama Jessica – le kratek del poti je plezal sam –, medtem ko je njegova sedemletna sestra Freya vrh osvojila povsem sama. Seveda je bila ves čas ustrezno varovana.

Tako je postala najmlajša plezalka, ki je kadar koli osvojila omenjeno goro. "Bilo je zelo zabavno in res strašno. Zelo sem ponosna," je povedala deklica, njen bratec pa je dodal: "Zelo dobro je bilo. Užival sem delček, kjer sem sam plezal, in užival sem v bombonih haribo."

Družina je sicer vrh osvajala v več etapah. Spodnji del, ki ni plezalni, so počasi prehodili, nato so se podali še v steno in priplezali do vrha. Lani pa sta bila Leo in Jessica z otrokoma tudi pri nas v Sloveniji, kjer so se med drugim podali na Prisojnik po Kopiščarjevi poti in osvojili celo Triglav.

 

 

 

 

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One of our summer's higlights, family ascent of the 1000m Kopiščar route on the North face of Prisojnik in the Julian Alps, Slovenia. Memorable day introducing our little ones to steep terrain and big days in the mountains. My beautiful wife @jessica.corrie with our happy chappie Jackson, 2 enjoying the ride and the amazing Freya, 6 climbed every step on her own. Looking forward to many more exciting days exploring exposed places. #familyadventure #microadventures #sLOVEnia #prisojnik #nevertooyoung

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