28 May Two new routes in Mont Blanc Massif

 
Two more new ice routes carried out by Patrick Gabarrou, which really seems inexhaustible in its thirst for knowledge of the mountain that he loves: Mont Blanc. Now FA’s in the Massif are more than 100 in 40 years of adventures, some of them landmarks in the history of mixed and ice alpinism
 
28th April 2010 is the day of the FA of  Tom, a route of 400 meters on the northwest wall of Calotte de Rochefort, at about 4,000 meters. Patrick shared this adventure with Simon Deniel, a Breton who moved to Chamonix, with whom he formed a team  which last year unveiled a new route on the north wall of the Dent Blanche in Valais Alps.
“Tom” is dedicated to Tomas Emonet, an aspiring guide disappeared this winter on the Jager Couloir of Mont Blanc du Tacul.
 
Two days later, on April 30th Patrick Gabarrou  and Simon Deniel invented “Camille  Coeur de rose” (dedicated to Camille Audibert, a strong and unblessed French climber, paralyzed after a serious accident) a nice 200 meters gully located close to the Argentière hut. On the same wall Gabarrou had opened last year “ Bea and Fredo”, two couloir with the names of the managers of the Refuge Argentière.
According to Patrick, who has equipped all the relais, Camille coeur de rose is destined to become a classic, thanks to the ease of access and the beauty of climbing.
Source: UpClimbing