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July 13th
Distance: 9,9 km
Time: 7 hours
Vertical distance: 1180 m uphill. 1420 m downhill
They did not want us to come so threw some bad weather at us, in the form of a very strong, cold north wind that nearly blew us off their summit ridges. First Pollux, then Castor, most impolite!
We left Klein Matterhorn at 4 a.m. Good hard snow, gusts of wind, but we were often sheltered on the Italian side. Reached the top of Pollux, 4092 m, by 7.15, then the top of Castor, 4223 m, by 9.45 and the Quintino Sella Hut by 11. Too cold to stop. Geo-Tracking did not work on Castor.
Photo:
Fixed rope on Pollux
