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The death of a character hiking the Dolomiti above piss lake | post |
5 Sept 2021 | Dobbiaco, IT > or Toblach as the German speakers would call it, who dominate this area > more precisely, up in the mountains above Toblach @ sum hotel called «Nigglerhoff», up in the Dolomites > left Verona early, thinking it was early Sunday morning (8 am) + there wouldn't be traffic ... boy did we think wrong > insane traffic all the way, deep in2 the Dolomiti > here we were thinking Ferragosto was over, we're in the middle of a pandemic, it's off-season, there will be nobody travelling up in the mountains ... wrong > so many ppl it was insane, bumper 2 bumper traffic the whole way, maybe cuz more folks were travelling by car than by air or rail cuz of covid, lots of German + other Euro plates, but also lots of Italians
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6 Sept> @ sum point last night we saw this movie that we were in (speaking lines even), but we had absolutely no memory of the making of it + David Bowie was in it + we had scenes together > our brother + sum other ppl we knew were in it + our cousin had directed it + when we asked him about it he was surprised we didn't remember + that yah, we had hung out w/ David Bowie over a period of weeks making this movie
Sorapiss + the selfie-takers (the only photo we have from the scenic spot are of ppl posing on the rocks) > we continued around the lake, 1st along the southern end but got in a precarious spot where u had 2 downclimb this 30 ft cliff + our bedder-½ didn't feel so comfortable on so we backtracked + went around the other side > the second we got past the lake the crowds died down, 2 the extent we were worried cuz there was no 1 else on the trail we were doing > couldn't figure out why thousands of ppl would want to just go back the way they came after taking a selfie @ the lake + not make a loop of it? the steep ascent up the moraine of scree would weed out any 1 tempted > this trail that followed the glacier gravel was definitely hard going ... 2 steps forward, 1 step back, like climbing straight up a volcano or sand dune of sharp gravel (the limestone is quite gritty) > all we had to go off was a map hastily downloaded of Inurnet b4 we left that showed a loop continuing up 215 til it ran into 213 (below, but we did it backwards)
> after going up the moraine we found our selves in a beautiful bowl of nothing but rock, 360° of mountains + spires w/ not a soul in sight > we thought maybe the trail would go around the peaks but it started 2 skirt along the base of the cliffs, along super sketchy scree @ the edge of cliffs where if u slipped you'd be dead > then it got to the point that we were essentially climbing straight up the mountain (Punta Nera) w/ the help of steel cables + metal rungs placed to assist up the cliffs > it was definitely epic ... our bedder-½ almost had a panic attack a few times from the exposure, despite our climbing experience (granted it's been 2+ decades since we've been roped up) > if the weather had taken a turn it could have been a really bad situation but fortunately it held out + we made it thru the ridge next to Punta Nera, then we scampered to the top while our bedder-½ caught her breath/wits > then it was down the other side which was steep slopes of loose gravel, no fun > eventually we got to «Forcella Foloria» + from there it was a beautiful hike thru the woods > all in all 20+ km over very difficult terrain w/ 1100 meters of altitude gain > essentially a ½-marathon of heinous scrambling bordering on 3rd class climbing (aid)
up the moraine, leaving Sorapiss behind
where we had lunch (click for higher rez)
past the sketchiest part (b4 we had the cables + rungs to hold on2)
way above «above the piss»
view from near the pass
down the other side
finally to trail 213 (click for higher rez)
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