Rock Climbing - Grimsel Pass - Motorhead
I had three days climbing at the Grimsel pass with Graeme Ettle this week, we started with a great 6 pitch road side route on Tuesday which was one of the first routes to dry after recent rain. On Wed we walked towards the Gelmerhorner hut to climb the Rosti pillar. This gave 7 superb pitches on great granite before lying back into easy ground where we abseiled off. After letting things dry off for a couple of days we headed into Eldorado hoping to climb the super classic route Motorhead. The route looked dry and with an early start we were the first team. The climbing was superb but hard for the grade we felt it would get a hard E2 5c if it was in the UK but the more granite climbing you do the easier it would probably feel. Although there are bolts they were placed on the lead and many of them are not in very useful places so you need a rack and you still need to make hard moves above gear. An amazing route thats been on my list for about 15 years.