Rock Climbing at Traversella
After a weeks DIY we escaped to Traversella again this weekend.
We drove down on Saturday morning and walked up to the Bruno Piazza hut www.traversella.net and visited a couple of crags we hadn't climbed on before. We started on Settore di Nicchia where the theme of really steep 5's continued then moved onto the longer Placchea Nere where we climbed a couple of multi pitch 6a's which were superb. We stayed in the hut on Sat night which is one of the best huts I have stayed in. We were the only people staying over night, we had a wood burner in the dorm and the meal was rerstaurant standard great wine and coffee and the bill was less than 60euros. On Sunday we climbed at Paretina before heading for Torino, in the early evening we went to see the Cirque du Soleil's travelling show Delirium, which was on at the Olympic stadium in Torino, we spent the night in Torino then had a wonder round the city on Monday. Its worth noting for those visiting the city that most of the shops are shut on Monday morning.