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\nLiaisons Dangereuses is the name of a formidable icefall suspended over Mont de Noua, a cliff overlooking the village of Pr\u00e9 Saint Didier (Val d’Aosta- Italy).
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\nThe complicated icefall – the crux being a huge stalactite hanging in the void – was climbed for the first time by a french team composed by \u00a0Fran\u00e7ois Damilano, Fran\u00e7ois Pallandre and Fran\u00e7oise Aubert on March 9, 1996.
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\nDuring their ascent they used some aid climbing \u00a0and on his guidebook \u00a0– Cascades autour du Mont Blanc – Damilano graded those 170 meters with a V \/ 5 + A3 X, where the last parameter is a reminder of the precariousness and dangerousness of the structure.
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\nIn the early days of 2011, Thierry Renault has completed the first repetition. Renault, a Chamonix mountain guide,\u00a0 featured in the 90′ major exploits, both on rock and ice (1 ^ free ascent \u2013 except one stepo – \u00a0of Divine Providence at the Mont Blanc and FA of the icefall\u00a0\u00a0La Lyre at Fer \u00e0 Cheval WI7).
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\nThe next day, the Alpine Guides Matteo Giglio and Arnaud Clavel – both very active ice climbers \u2013 have done \u00a0the second repetition of the route. Arnaud and Matthew were able to free climb the all icefall finding it difficult to be assessed WI6 +.
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\nMatteo that had opened on the same wall with Anna Torretta Hot Spring, published an interesting report on his blog.. "… The climb has gone without any problem. We found conditions much more favorable than on the first ascent \u00a0that \u00a0allowed \u00a0us a free ascent on the section also originally rated A3. And a great sigh of relief after passing the dangerous central stalactite, which marks the end of the psychological difficulties but not to those techniques … "\u00a0
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\nSource and photos Matteo Giglio\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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